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How to contribute

🎉 First off, thanks for taking the time to contribute! 🎉

Contributing should be as easy as possible for anyone but there are a few things to keep in mind. The following guidelines for contribution should be followed if you want to submit a pull request.

Coding Style

  • Make use of provided .editorconfig file.
  • Make sure to have End of File new lines.
  • Use 4 spaces for indentation.
  • Make use of docblocks and comments.

How to prepare

  • You need a GitHub account
  • Submit an issue if there isn't one for the same matter yet.
    • Describe the issue and include steps to reproduce if it's a bug.
    • Ensure to mention the earliest version that you know is affected.
  • If you are able and want to fix this, fork the repository on GitHub

Make Changes

  • In your forked repository, create a topic branch for your upcoming patch. (e.g. feature--name)

    • Usually this is based on the master branch.
    • Create a branch based on master; git branch fix/master/my_contribution master then checkout the new branch with git checkout fix/master/my_contribution. Please avoid working directly on the master branch.
  • Make sure you stick to the coding style that is used already.

  • Make use of the .editorconfig-file if provided with the repository.

  • Make commits of logical units and describe them properly.

  • Check for unnecessary whitespace with git diff --check before committing.

  • If possible, submit tests to your patch / new feature so it can be tested easily.

  • Assure nothing is broken by running all the tests.

Submit Changes

  • Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
  • Open a pull request to the original repository and choose the right original branch you want to patch. Advanced users may install the hub gem and use the hub pull-request command.
  • If not done in commit messages (which you really should do) please reference and update your issue with the code changes. But please do not close the issue yourself. Notice: You can turn your previously filed issues into a pull-request here.

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