Pull Requests

Merging new code into the lvgl/lvgl and other repositories happens via Pull Requests (PR for short). A PR is a notification like "Hey, I made some updates to your project. Here are the changes, you can add them if you want." To do this you need a copy (called fork) of the original project under your account, make some changes there, and notify the original repository about your updates. You can see what it looks like on GitHub for LVGL here: https://github.com/lvgl/lvgl/pulls.

To add your changes you can edit files online on GitHub and send a new Pull request from there (recommended for small changes) or add the updates in your favorite editor/IDE and use git to publish the changes (recommended for more complex updates).

From GitHub

  1. Navigate to the file you want to edit.

  2. Click the Edit button in the top right-hand corner.

  3. Add your changes to the file.

  4. Add a commit message at the bottom of the page.

  5. Click the Propose changes button.

From Your Local Workstation

These instructions describe the main lvgl repository but it works the same way any remote Git repository.

  1. Fork the lvgl repository. To do this click the "Fork" button in the top right corner. It will "copy" the lvgl repository to your GitHub account (https://github.com/<YOUR_NAME>?tab=repositories)

  2. Clone your forked repository.

  3. Add your changes. You can create a feature branch from the master branch for the updates: git checkout -b <new-feature-branch-name>

  4. Commit and push your changes to your forked lvgl repository.

  5. Create a PR on GitHub from the page of your forked lvgl repository (https://github.com/<YOUR_NAME>/lvgl) by clicking the "New pull request" button. Don't forget to select the branch where you added your changes.

  6. Set the base branch where you want to merge your update. In the lvgl repo both fixes and new features should be directed to the master branch.

  7. Describe what is in the update. Example code is welcome if applicable.

  8. If you need to make more changes, just update your forked lvgl repo with new commits. They will automatically appear in the PR.

Commit Message Format

The commit messages format is inspired by Angular Commit Format.

The following structure should be used:

<type>(<scope>): <subject>
            <--- blank line
<body>
            <--- blank line
<footer>

Possible <type>s:

  • fix bugfix in LVGL source code

  • feat new feature

  • arch architectural changes

  • perf changes that affect performance

  • example anything related to examples (including fixes and new examples)

  • docs anything related to documentation (including fixes, formatting, and new pages)

  • test anything related to tests (new and updated tests or CI actions)

  • chore any minor formatting or style changes that would make the changelog noisy

<scope> is the name of the module, file, or subsystem affected by the commit. It's usually one word and can be chosen freely. For example img, layout, txt, anim. The scope can be omitted.

<subject> contains a short description of the change following these guidelines:

  • use the imperative mood: e.g. present tense "change", not "changed" nor "changes";

  • don't capitalize the first letter;

  • no period (.) at the end;

  • max 90 characters.

<body> optional and can be used to describe the details of this change.

<footer> shall contain

  • the words "BREAKING CHANGE" if the changes break the API

  • reference to the GitHub issue or Pull Request if applicable. (See Linking a pull rquest to an issue for details.)

Some examples:

fix(image): update size when a new source is set

fix(bar): fix memory leak

The animations weren't deleted in the destructor.

Fixes: #1234

feat: add span widget

The span widget allows mixing different font sizes, colors and styles.
It's similar to HTML <span>

docs(porting): fix typo