Setup

Initialize Git

1. Create a new empty GitHub repository with no content
2. Clone this repository locally into a new (temporary) folder
3. Change the origin of the cloned repo so that points to the newly created empty GitHub repo (this might be helpful)
4. The newly created GitHub repo should now contain the contents of this template, you can remove the temporary fodler now

Fill in the template

• Replace vaadin-addon-template with the repository name
• Replace the placeholder images
• Check the Readme

Repository Settings

Some settings may require a public repository

General

• Disable wikis (they are not used by us because the lack versioning and accessibility)
• Disable discussions (issues are sufficient)
• Enable "Automatically delete head branches" (so that there are no "dead"-PR branches)
• Enable "Limit how many branches and tags can be updated in a single push"

Collaborators and teams

• Add the XDEV Vaadin Addons-Team with role Maintain

Branches

• Default branch: develop
• Enable branch protection for
  • develop (Development-Branch)
  • master ("Current Release"-Branch)
  • gh-pages (Online Hosted Documentation)

Pages

• Source: Deploy from a branch
• Branch: gh-pages Folder: / (root)

Secrets

Organization Secrets

These need to be added by an organization administrator

• Required for releasing to Maven Central
  • MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN
  • MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME
  • MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
  • MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY
• Required for SonarCloud integration
  • SONAR_TOKEN
• Required for updates from the template
  • UPDATE_FROM_TEMPLATE_PAT

GitHub apps

• Install SonarCloud (required for SonarCloud integration)

Integrate SonarCloud

Add the Component on Vaadin Directory

• Log into Vaadin Directory with our company account
• Create a new Component (a initial release might be required so you get a zip that can be uploaded)

Component configuration

• Description
  • Component Icon: Our company logo
  • Summary: Name of the component
  • Description: Description of the component - should look like this:

  <Short component description in one sentence>
  
  [More infos are available on GitHub](https://github.com/xdev-software/vaadin-chip-combobox)
  
  ⚠️ Currently no Maven downloads via Vaadin Directory are possible due to [#31](https://github.com/xdev-software/vaadin-chip-combobox/issues/31)<br>
  

Please use Maven Central directly.

If you found a bug, want to suggest an improvement or have a question please open an issue at GitHub.

* Add matching categories
* Samples
* Add some screenshots how the component looks like (you might reuse the images in ``assets``)
* Links
* Add a link to the GitHub repo
* Add a link to the GitHub issue tracker
* Add a link to our company homepage
* All other predefined links can be removed
* Version (initial version)
* Point the release notes to the GitHub Release, e.g. ``https://github.com/xdev-software/vaadin-chip-combobox/releases/tag/v3.0.1``
* Specify the supported framework, e.g. ``Upwards from Vaadin platform 23+``
* Maturity: Normally ``stable``
* Browser compatibility: 
  * Normally all ``Chromium`` and ``Firefox`` browser platform independent desktop variants (should be tested before!)
    * Firefox
    * Opera (based Chromium)
    * Google Chrome
    * Microsoft Edge (based on Chromium)
  * Additional:
    * If you tested it for mobile platforms you can also check the right side (ignore Windows Phone it's no longer supported)
  * Internet Explorer is only available for Windows, no longer supported and can be ignored
  * Safari behaves like Internet Explorer for Apple devices and can also be ignored

Important: Do not forget to click onto "Save" (small green button on the top right)

## Repository Details
Change the Repository Details/About
* Add a description
* Add a link (website) to the component on Vaadin Directory
* Add some Topics/Labels, e.g. ``vaadin``, ``vaadin-addon``, ...
* Disable ``Packages`` (since we deploy directly to Maven Central)