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# How to contribute
## Getting Started
* Make sure you have a [GitHub account](https://github.com/signup/free)
* Submit an issue 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
## Making Changes
* Create a topic branch from where you want to base your work.
* This is usually the master branch.
* Only target release branches if you are certain your fix must be on that
branch.
* To quickly create a topic branch based on master; `git checkout -b
fix/master/my_contribution master`. Please avoid working directly on the
`master` branch.
* Make commits of logical units.
* Check for unnecessary whitespace with `git diff --check` before committing.
* Make sure your commit messages are in the proper format.
````
(PUP-1234) Make the example in CONTRIBUTING imperative and concrete
Without this patch applied the example commit message in the CONTRIBUTING
document is not a concrete example. This is a problem because the
contributor is left to imagine what the commit message should look like
based on a description rather than an example. This patch fixes the
problem by making the example concrete and imperative.
The first line is a real life imperative statement with a ticket number
from our issue tracker. The body describes the behavior without the patch,
why this is a problem, and how the patch fixes the problem when applied.
````
* Make sure you have added the necessary tests for your changes.
* Run _all_ the tests to assure nothing else was accidentally broken.
## Making Trivial Changes
### Documentation
For changes of a trivial nature to comments and documentation, it is not
always necessary to create a new issue in Github. In this case, it is
appropriate to start the first line of a commit with '(doc)' instead of
a ticket number.
````
(doc) Add documentation commit example to CONTRIBUTING
There is no example for contributing a documentation commit
to the Puppet repository. This is a problem because the contributor
is left to assume how a commit of this nature may appear.
The first line is a real life imperative statement with '(doc)' in
place of what would have been the ticket number in a
non-documentation related commit. The body describes the nature of
the new documentation or comments added.
````
## Submitting Changes
* Sign the [Contributor License Agreement](http://links.puppetlabs.com/cla).
* Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
* Submit a pull request to the repository in the puppetlabs organization, referencing the Github issue you opened.
# Additional Resources
* [Puppet Labs community guidelines](http://docs.puppetlabs.com/community/community_guidelines.html)
* [Contributor License Agreement](http://links.puppetlabs.com/cla)
* [General GitHub documentation](http://help.github.com/)
* [GitHub pull request documentation](http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/)
* #puppet-dev IRC channel on freenode.org ([Archive](https://botbot.me/freenode/puppet-dev/))
* [puppet-dev mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/puppet-dev)
* [Community PR Triage notes](https://github.com/puppet-community/community-triage/tree/master/core/notes)
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