| ## How to contribute |
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| 1. Make sure your issue is not all ready in the [Jira issue tracker]({{ conf.jira_url }}) |
| 1. If not, create a ticket describing the change you're proposing in the [Jira issue tracker]({{ conf.jira_url }}) |
| 1. Contribute your patch using one of the two methods below |
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| ### Contributing via a patch |
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| 1. Check out the latest version of the source code |
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| * git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/thrift.git thrift |
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| 1. Modify the source to include the improvement/bugfix |
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| * Verify that you follow the same CodingStyle you see within the language you are working on |
| * Verify that your change works by adding a unit test. |
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| 1. Create a patch from project root directory (e.g. you@dev:~/thrift $ ): |
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| * git diff > ../thrift-XXX-my-new-feature.patch |
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| 1. Attach the newly generated patch to the issue |
| 1. Wait for other contributors or committers to review your new addition |
| 1. Wait for a committer to commit your patch |
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| ### Contributing via GitHub pull requests |
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| 1. Create a fork for http://github.com/apache/thrift |
| 1. Create a branch with the jira ticket number you are working on |
| 1. Modify the source to include the improvement/bugfix |
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| * Verify that you follow the same CodingStyle you see within the language you are working on |
| * Verify that your change works by adding a unit test. |
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| 1. Issue a pull request for your new feature |
| 1. Wait for other contributors or committers to review your new addition |
| 1. Wait for a committer to commit your patch |
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| ### More info |
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| Plenty of information on why and how to contribute is available on the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) web site. In particular, we recommend the following: |
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| * [Contributors Tech Guide](http://www.apache.org/dev/contributors) |
| * [Get involved!](http://www.apache.org/foundation/getinvolved.html) |
| * [Legal aspects on Submission of Contributions (Patches)](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html#contributions) |