We welcome contributions in several forms, e.g.
- Coding
- Documenting
- Testing / Bug reports
- Sponsoring
- etc.
You may have a look at [14 Ways to Contribute to Open Source without Being a Programming Genius or a Rock Star] (https://smartbear.com/blog/test-and-monitor/14-ways-to-contribute-to-open-source-without-being/).
When planning for major code contributions to this repository, please first discuss the changes you wish to make via issue, email, or any other method with the owners of this repository beforehand.
Please note that we have a code of conduct; please follow it in all your interactions with the project.
All commits must be signed-off by their author when contributing.
When signing-off a patch for this project like this
Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <[email protected]>
using your real name (no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions), you declare the following:
By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and
I have the right to submit it under the open source license
indicated in the file; or
(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
license and I have the right under that license to submit that
work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
in the file; or
(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified it.
(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
this project or the open source license(s) involved.
Please use the [Forking Workflow] (https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows/forking-workflow) and send us Pull Requests.
You may merge a Pull Request in once you have the sign-off of two other developers, or if you do not have permission to do that, you may request the second reviewer to merge it for you.
Commit messages shall follow the conventions defined by conventional commits.
HINT: A good way to create commit messages is by using the tool
git gui
.NOTE: Changes supposed to be upstreamed shall structure the commit message according to the upstream project's guidelines.
In most cases the changed component is a good choice as scope, e.g., if the change is done in the documentation, the scope should be doc.
For documentation changes the section that was changed makes a good scope name, e.g., use FAQ if you changed that section.