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# How to contribute #
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We'd love to accept your patches and contributions to this project. There are
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2022-11-17 09:47:11 +00:00
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just a few small guidelines you need to follow.
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## Contributor License Agreement ##
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Contributions to any Google project must be accompanied by a Contributor
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License Agreement. This is not a copyright **assignment**, it simply gives
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Google permission to use and redistribute your contributions as part of the
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project.
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* If you are an individual writing original source code and you're sure you
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own the intellectual property, then you'll need to sign an [individual
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CLA][].
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* If you work for a company that wants to allow you to contribute your work,
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then you'll need to sign a [corporate CLA][].
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You generally only need to submit a CLA once, so if you've already submitted
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one (even if it was for a different project), you probably don't need to do it
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again.
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[individual CLA]: https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual
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[corporate CLA]: https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/corporate
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## Submitting a patch ##
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1. It's generally best to start by opening a new issue describing the bug or
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feature you're intending to fix. Even if you think it's relatively minor,
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it's helpful to know what people are working on. Mention in the initial
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issue that you are planning to work on that bug or feature so that it can
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be assigned to you.
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1. Follow the normal process of [forking][] the project, and setup a new
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branch to work in. It's important that each group of changes be done in
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separate branches in order to ensure that a pull request only includes the
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commits related to that bug or feature.
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1. Go makes it very simple to ensure properly formatted code, so always run
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`go fmt` on your code before committing it. You should also run
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[golint][] over your code. As noted in the [golint readme][], it's not
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strictly necessary that your code be completely "lint-free", but this will
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help you find common style issues.
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1. Any significant changes should almost always be accompanied by tests. The
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project already has good test coverage, so look at some of the existing
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tests if you're unsure how to go about it. [gocov][] and [gocov-html][]
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are invaluable tools for seeing which parts of your code aren't being
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exercised by your tests.
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1. Do your best to have [well-formed commit messages][] for each change.
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This provides consistency throughout the project, and ensures that commit
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messages are able to be formatted properly by various git tools.
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1. Finally, push the commits to your fork and submit a [pull request][].
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[forking]: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo
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[golint]: https://github.com/golang/lint
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[golint readme]: https://github.com/golang/lint/blob/master/README
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[gocov]: https://github.com/axw/gocov
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[gocov-html]: https://github.com/matm/gocov-html
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[well-formed commit messages]: http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html
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[squash]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#Squashing-Commits
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[pull request]: https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request
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