TiddlyWiki5/contributing.md

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Contributing to <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a></h1><div class='tw-tiddler'>
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<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> welcomes contributions to its code and documentation via <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-external' href='https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5'>
GitHub</a>. Please take a moment to read these notes to help make the process as smooth as possible.</p><h2 class=''>
Bug Reports</h2><p>
From the perspective of the developers, a bug report that says little more than &quot;it doesn't work&quot; can be frustrating. For effective debugging, we need as much information as possible. At a minimum, please try to include:</p><ul>
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A descriptive title</li><li>
A summary</li><li>
Steps to reproduce</li><li>
Expected behaviour</li><li>
Context (OS, browser etc.)</li></ul><p>
There's a lot of good material on the web about bug reports:</p><ul>
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<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-external' href='http://mhay68.tumblr.com/post/1648223018/what-makes-a-good-bug-report'>
http://mhay68.tumblr.com/post/1648223018/what-makes-a-good-bug-report</a></li><li>
<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-external' href='http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html'>
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html</a></li></ul><h2 class=''>
Pull Requests</h2><p>
Like other <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/OpenSource.html'>
OpenSource</a> projects, <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> needs a signed <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/ContributorLicenseAgreement.html'>
ContributorLicenseAgreement</a> from individual contributors before contributions of code can be accepted. This is a legal agreement that allows contributors  to assert that they own the copyright of their contribution, and that they agree to license it to the <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/UnaMesa.html'>
UnaMesa</a> Association (the legal entity that owns <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>
TiddlyWiki</a> on behalf of the community).</p><ul>
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For individuals use: <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-external' href='https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/tree/master/licenses/cla-individual.md'>
CLA-individual</a></li><li>
For entities use: <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-external' href='https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/tree/master/licenses/cla-entity.md'>
CLA-entity</a></li></ul><p>
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This is a first pass at a CLA for <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>
TiddlyWiki</a>. Please let us know if we missed something important. If we do have to make essential changes to the CLA, there is a possibility that all contributors will need to sign it again</em></p><h3 class=''>
How to sign the CLA</h3><pre>
git clone https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5.git TiddlyWiki5
cd TiddlyWiki5
git checkout -b sign-cla</pre><p>
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Add your name and the date to cla-individual.md or cla-entity.md</strong>. Date format (YYYY/MM/DD)
eg: <code>
Jeremy Ruston, @Jermolene, 2011/11/22</code></p><pre>
git add .
git commit -m &quot;sign contributor license agreement&quot;
git push origin sign-cla</pre><p>
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Go to your github repo and create a pull request.</strong></p><p>
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Thank you!</strong></p><h4 class=''>
Attribution</h4><p>
The CLA documents used for this project where created using <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-external' href='http://www.harmonyagreements.org'>
Harmony Project Templates</a>. &quot;HA-CLA-I-LIST Version 1.0&quot; for &quot;CLA-individual&quot; and &quot;HA-CLA-E-LIST Version 1.0&quot; for &quot;CLA-entity&quot;
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This file was automatically generated by <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a></em>
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