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author | Rafael Ortiz <rafael@tesla.(none)> | 2011-04-15 14:42:41 (GMT) |
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committer | Rafael Ortiz <rafael@tesla.(none)> | 2011-04-15 14:42:41 (GMT) |
commit | e7cb49edb3bf179907e06ea12b12cd4cca6be45c (patch) | |
tree | 5021ee4e982acfadd96a4a8749cd76697031ceb6 /HACKING | |
parent | d3d325e547e4f96fa2952f0e13950f8d1c9ed896 (diff) |
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@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +How to contribute +================= + +Useful notes how to contribute to the project. + +Before committing +----------------- +All source files need to be passed through `sugar-lint`_ command. +Follow sugar-lint home page instructions and especially +`"Lint files before committing"` section. + +Send patches +------------ +Create your patches using ``git format`` command and send them to all +maintainers from the :ref:`AUTHORS <AUTHORS>` file. The easiest way it just +using ``git send-email`` command. Patches might be CCed to +sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org to attract more people to review. + +Gitorious forks +--------------- +Another useful way to contribute, especially for big improvements, is creating +Gitorious forks and request them for merge to the trunk. + +* http://blog.gitorious.org/2009/05/09/weve-made-a-few-changes/ + (see `"Merge requests"` topic) +* http://blog.gitorious.org/2009/07/15/new-merge-request-functionality/ +* http://blog.gitorious.org/2009/11/06/awesome-code-review/ + +.. _sugar-lint: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Platform_Team/Sugar_Lint |