discourse/CONTRIBUTING.md

# Contributing to Discourse

## Important note for Developers

Anyone wishing to contribute to the [github.com/discourse/discourse](https://github.com/discourse/discourse) project **must read & sign our [Contributor License Agreement](http://www.discourse.org/cla)**. The Discourse team is legally prevented from accepting any pull requests from users who have not signed the CLA first.

For more information on

- how to set up your development environment
- first-time project suggestions
- code conventions
- step-by-step guide for GitHub commits

**please read our [Discourse Development Contribution Guidelines](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-development-contribution-guidelines/3823)**

## Everything Else

There are many other ways to contribute to Discourse besides code. We've outlined the most common ones below.

- [Reporting Bugs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-bug-reports-for-discourse/33070)
- [Requesting Features](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-request-new-features-for-discourse/32986)
- [Translation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contribute-a-translation-to-discourse/14882)
- Documentation (TBA)

For anything else, just start a new topic on [Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/) and let us know what you're interested in working on.

*Thanks for contributing!*
Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00			`# Contributing to Discourse`

Repurposing CONTRIBUTING.md into a link portal, 2nd attempt - Slight changes to the CLA paragraph, making it slightly easier to digest. - Added brief synopsis of the Discourse Development Contribution Guidelines doc - Replaced Bug Report, Feature Request and Contributing (commits) section with outgoing links The aim of this change is to reduce the maintenance burden, since more detailed information about contribution guidelines is more naturally documented and maintained on Discourse Meta. 2015-09-10 14:43:36 -04:00			`## Important note for Developers`
Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
Proper long form for CLA Seems it's most commonly spelled out as "Contributor License Agreement", not Contribution. 2015-09-10 14:49:03 -04:00			`Anyone wishing to contribute to the [github.com/discourse/discourse](https://github.com/discourse/discourse) project must read & sign our [Contributor License Agreement](http://www.discourse.org/cla). The Discourse team is legally prevented from accepting any pull requests from users who have not signed the CLA first.`
Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
Repurposing CONTRIBUTING.md into a link portal, 2nd attempt - Slight changes to the CLA paragraph, making it slightly easier to digest. - Added brief synopsis of the Discourse Development Contribution Guidelines doc - Replaced Bug Report, Feature Request and Contributing (commits) section with outgoing links The aim of this change is to reduce the maintenance burden, since more detailed information about contribution guidelines is more naturally documented and maintained on Discourse Meta. 2015-09-10 14:43:36 -04:00			`For more information on`
Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
Repurposing CONTRIBUTING.md into a link portal, 2nd attempt - Slight changes to the CLA paragraph, making it slightly easier to digest. - Added brief synopsis of the Discourse Development Contribution Guidelines doc - Replaced Bug Report, Feature Request and Contributing (commits) section with outgoing links The aim of this change is to reduce the maintenance burden, since more detailed information about contribution guidelines is more naturally documented and maintained on Discourse Meta. 2015-09-10 14:43:36 -04:00			`- how to set up your development environment`
			`- first-time project suggestions`
			`- code conventions`
			`- step-by-step guide for GitHub commits`
Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
Repurposing CONTRIBUTING.md into a link portal, 2nd attempt - Slight changes to the CLA paragraph, making it slightly easier to digest. - Added brief synopsis of the Discourse Development Contribution Guidelines doc - Replaced Bug Report, Feature Request and Contributing (commits) section with outgoing links The aim of this change is to reduce the maintenance burden, since more detailed information about contribution guidelines is more naturally documented and maintained on Discourse Meta. 2015-09-10 14:43:36 -04:00			`please read our [Discourse Development Contribution Guidelines](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-development-contribution-guidelines/3823)`
Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
Repurposing CONTRIBUTING.md into a link portal, 2nd attempt - Slight changes to the CLA paragraph, making it slightly easier to digest. - Added brief synopsis of the Discourse Development Contribution Guidelines doc - Replaced Bug Report, Feature Request and Contributing (commits) section with outgoing links The aim of this change is to reduce the maintenance burden, since more detailed information about contribution guidelines is more naturally documented and maintained on Discourse Meta. 2015-09-10 14:43:36 -04:00			`## Everything Else`
add references to try.discourse for repros 2013-07-18 03:38:23 -04:00
Repurposing CONTRIBUTING.md into a link portal, 2nd attempt - Slight changes to the CLA paragraph, making it slightly easier to digest. - Added brief synopsis of the Discourse Development Contribution Guidelines doc - Replaced Bug Report, Feature Request and Contributing (commits) section with outgoing links The aim of this change is to reduce the maintenance burden, since more detailed information about contribution guidelines is more naturally documented and maintained on Discourse Meta. 2015-09-10 14:43:36 -04:00			`There are many other ways to contribute to Discourse besides code. We've outlined the most common ones below.`
Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
Repurposing CONTRIBUTING.md into a link portal, 2nd attempt - Slight changes to the CLA paragraph, making it slightly easier to digest. - Added brief synopsis of the Discourse Development Contribution Guidelines doc - Replaced Bug Report, Feature Request and Contributing (commits) section with outgoing links The aim of this change is to reduce the maintenance burden, since more detailed information about contribution guidelines is more naturally documented and maintained on Discourse Meta. 2015-09-10 14:43:36 -04:00			`- [Reporting Bugs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-bug-reports-for-discourse/33070)`
			`- [Requesting Features](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-request-new-features-for-discourse/32986)`
			`- [Translation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/contribute-a-translation-to-discourse/14882)`
			`- Documentation (TBA)`
Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
Repurposing CONTRIBUTING.md into a link portal, 2nd attempt - Slight changes to the CLA paragraph, making it slightly easier to digest. - Added brief synopsis of the Discourse Development Contribution Guidelines doc - Replaced Bug Report, Feature Request and Contributing (commits) section with outgoing links The aim of this change is to reduce the maintenance burden, since more detailed information about contribution guidelines is more naturally documented and maintained on Discourse Meta. 2015-09-10 14:43:36 -04:00			`For anything else, just start a new topic on [Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/) and let us know what you're interested in working on.`
Initial release of Discourse 2013-02-05 14:16:51 -05:00
Repurposing CONTRIBUTING.md into a link portal, 2nd attempt - Slight changes to the CLA paragraph, making it slightly easier to digest. - Added brief synopsis of the Discourse Development Contribution Guidelines doc - Replaced Bug Report, Feature Request and Contributing (commits) section with outgoing links The aim of this change is to reduce the maintenance burden, since more detailed information about contribution guidelines is more naturally documented and maintained on Discourse Meta. 2015-09-10 14:43:36 -04:00			`Thanks for contributing!`