- Make sure you have a GitHub account
- Submit a ticket for your issue, assuming one does not already exist.
- Clearly describe the issue including steps to reproduce when it is a bug.
- Fork the repository on GitHub
- Create a topic branch from where you want to base your work.
- This is usually the master branch.
- To quickly create a topic branch based on master;
git branch fix/master/my_contribution master
then checkout the new branch withgit checkout fix/master/my_contribution
. Please avoid working directly on themaster
branch.
- Make commits of logical units.
- Check for unnecessary whitespace with
git diff --check
before committing.
You are welcome to directly edit the Wiki of the project.
- Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
- Submit a pull request to the repository
- The core team looks at and merges Pull Requests on a regular basis