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WordCamp London 2013 Contributor Day Notes from the introduction to contributing to core.
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The old "built" repository:

  • svn checkout https://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk

The new hotness repository:

  • svn checkout https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk

Git mirror:

  • git clone https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress.git

Creating a patch:

  • svn diff > ~/12345.patch
  • git diff --no-prefix > ~/12345.patch

Applying a patch:

  • patch -p0 < ~/Downloads/12345.patch

Basics of Trac

  • logging in with your WordPress.org username
  • finding tickets
  • custom queries
  • reports 3/4, 5/6
  • commenting (keywords - has-patch, close)
  • new ticket form
  • what makes a good bug report?

What different pieces of data might you want to include? https://gist.github.com/Shelob9/7517200 (NOT A CHECKLIST)

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