TiddlyWiki5/contributing.md

<h1 class=''>Contributing to <a class=' tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>TiddlyWiki5</a></h1><p><a class=' tw-tiddlylink 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-external' href='https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5' target='_blank'>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><li>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><li><a class='tw-tiddlylink-external' href='http://mhay68.tumblr.com/post/1648223018/what-makes-a-good-bug-report' target='_blank'>http://mhay68.tumblr.com/post/1648223018/what-makes-a-good-bug-report</a></li><li><a class='tw-tiddlylink-external' href='http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html' target='_blank'>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-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/OpenSource.html'>OpenSource</a> projects, <a class=' tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>TiddlyWiki5</a> needs a signed contributor license agreement 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-missing' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/UnaMesa.html'>UnaMesa</a> Association (the legal entity that owns <a class=' tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>TiddlyWiki</a> on behalf of the community).</p><ul><li>For individuals use: <a class='tw-tiddlylink-external' href='https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/tree/master/licenses/cla-individual.md' target='_blank'>licenses/CLA-individual</a></li><li>For entities use: <a class='tw-tiddlylink-external' href='https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/tree/master/licenses/cla-entity.md' target='_blank'>licenses/CLA-entity</a></li></ul><p><em>This is a first pass at a CLA for <a class=' tw-tiddlylink 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><strong>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><strong>Go to your github repo and create a pull request.</strong></p><p><strong>Thank you!</strong></p><h4 class=''>Attribution</h4><p>The CLA documents used for this project where created using <a class='tw-tiddlylink-external' href='http://www.harmonyagreements.org' target='_blank'>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;
</p><p><em>This file was automatically generated by <a class=' tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>TiddlyWiki5</a></em>
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