update some little things

.drone.yml

@@ -13,17 +13,11 @@ steps:
 # See: https://golangci-lint.run/
 - name: lint
   image: golangci/golangci-lint:v1.41.1
-  volumes:
-  - name: cache
-    path: /go/pkg
   commands:
   - golangci-lint run --timeout 5m0s --tests=false --verbose
 
 - name: test
   image: golang:1.16.4
-  volumes:
-  - name: cache
-    path: /go/pkg
   environment:
     GTS_DB_ADDRESS: postgres
   commands:
@@ -34,9 +28,6 @@ steps:
 
 - name: publish
   image: plugins/docker
-  volumes:
-  - name: cache
-    path: /go/pkg
   settings:
     auto_tag: true
     username: gotosocial
@@ -57,10 +48,6 @@ services:
   environment:
     POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
 
-volumes:
+---
-# This volume is used to hold state between runs,
+kind: signature
-# so that we don't need to reinstall everything in gopkg.
+hmac: 78dd20d97444a9e2904552d56eb52f43ad30ba27e1d897a5ea6808971f9a0ae2
-# See: https://docs.drone.io/pipeline/docker/syntax/volumes/temporary/
-- name: cache
-  host:
-    path: /drone/gotosocial/gopkg

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ Check the [issues](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues) to
 
 ## Communications
 
-Before starting on something, please comment on an issue to say that you're working on it, and send a message to `@dumpsterqueer@ondergrond.org` (Mastodon) to let them know.
+Before starting on something, please comment on an issue to say that you're working on it, and/or drop into the GoToSocial Matrix room [here](https://matrix.to/#/#gotosocial:superseriousbusiness.org).
-
-You can also drop into the GoToSocial Matrix room [here](https://matrix.to/#/!mdShFtfScQvVSmjIKX:ondergrond.org?via=ondergrond.org).
 
 This is the recommended way of keeping in touch with other developers, asking direct questions about code, and letting everyone know what you're up to.
 
@@ -36,6 +34,38 @@ If there are no errors, great, you're good to go!
 
 To work with the stylesheet for templates, you need [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/), then run `yarn install` in `web/source/`. Recompiling the bundle.css is `node build.js` but can be automated with [nodemon](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodemon) on file change: `nodemon -w style.css build.js`.
 
+### Golang forking quirks
+
+One of the quirks of Golang is that it relies on the source management path being the same as the one used within `go.mod` and in package imports within individual Go files. This makes working with forks a bit awkward.
+
+Let's say you fork GoToSocial to `github.com/yourgithubname/gotosocial`, and then clone that repository to `~/go/src/github.com/yourgithubname/gotosocial`. You will probably run into errors trying to run tests or build, so you might change your `go.mod` file so that the module is called `github.com/yourgithubname/gotosocial` instead of `github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial`. But then this breaks all the imports within the project. Nightmare! So now you have to go through the source files and painstakingly replace `github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial` with `github.com/yourgithubname/gotosocial`. This works OK, but when you decide to make a pull request against the original repo, all the changed paths are included! Argh!
+
+The correct solution to this is to fork, then clone the upstream repository, then set `origin` of the upstream repository to that of your fork.
+
+See [this blogpost](https://blog.sgmansfield.com/2016/06/working-with-forks-in-go/) for more details.
+
+In case this post disappears, here are the steps (slightly modified):
+
+>
+> Pull the original package from the canonical place with the standard go get command:
+> 
+> `go get github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial`
+> 
+> Fork the repository on Github or set up whatever other remote git repo you will be using. In this case, I would go to Github and fork the repository.
+> 
+> Navigate to the top level of the repository on your computer. Note that this might not be the specific package you’re using:
+> 
+> `cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial`
+> 
+> Rename the current origin remote to upstream:
+> 
+> `git remote rename origin upstream`
+> 
+> Add your fork as origin:
+> 
+> `git remote add origin git@github.com/yourgithubname/gotosocial`
+>
+
 ## Setting up your test environment
 
 GoToSocial provides a [testrig](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/tree/main/testrig) with a bunch of mock packages you can use in integration tests.

README.md

@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ Proper documentation for running and maintaining GoToSocial will be forthcoming
 
 For now (if you want to run it pre-alpha, like a beast), check out the [quick and dirty getting started guide](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/installation_guide/quick_and_dirty/).
 
+## Contributing
+
+You wanna contribute to GtS? Great! ❤️❤️❤️ Check out the issues page to see if there's anything you wanna jump in on, and read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) file for guidelines and setting up your dev environment.
+
 ## Contact
 
 For questions and comments, you can [join our Matrix channel](https://matrix.to/#/#gotosocial:superseriousbusiness.org) at `#gotosocial:superseriousbusiness.org`. This is the quickest way to reach the devs. You can also mail [admin@gotosocial.org](mailto:admin@gotosocial.org).