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authorGravatar Thomas Van Lenten <thomasvl@google.com>2015-08-18 15:17:45 -0400
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+# How to contribute #
+
+We'd love to accept your patches and contributions to this project. There are
+a just a few small guidelines you need to follow.
+
+
+## Contributor License Agreement ##
+
+Contributions to any Google project must be accompanied by a Contributor
+License Agreement. This is not a copyright **assignment**, it simply gives
+Google permission to use and redistribute your contributions as part of the
+project.
+
+ * If you are an individual writing original source code and you're sure you
+ own the intellectual property, then you'll need to sign an [individual
+ CLA][].
+
+ * If you work for a company that wants to allow you to contribute your work,
+ then you'll need to sign a [corporate CLA][].
+
+You generally only need to submit a CLA once, so if you've already submitted
+one (even if it was for a different project), you probably don't need to do it
+again.
+
+[individual CLA]: https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual
+[corporate CLA]: https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/corporate
+
+
+## Submitting a patch ##
+
+ 1. It's generally best to start by opening a new issue describing the bug or
+ feature you're intending to fix. Even if you think it's relatively minor,
+ it's helpful to know what people are working on. Mention in the initial
+ issue that you are planning to work on that bug or feature so that it can
+ be assigned to you.
+
+ 1. Follow the normal process of [forking][] the project, and setup a new
+ branch to work in. It's important that each group of changes be done in
+ separate branches in order to ensure that a pull request only includes the
+ commits related to that bug or feature.
+
+ 1. Any significant changes should almost always be accompanied by tests. The
+ project already has good test coverage, so look at some of the existing
+ tests if you're unsure how to go about it.
+
+ 1. Do your best to have [well-formed commit messages][] for each change.
+ This provides consistency throughout the project, and ensures that commit
+ messages are able to be formatted properly by various git tools.
+
+ 1. Finally, push the commits to your fork and submit a [pull request][].
+
+[forking]: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo
+[well-formed commit messages]: http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html
+[pull request]: https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request