1Want to contribute? Great! First, read this page (including the small print at
2the end).
3
4### Before you contribute
5**Before we can use your code, you must sign the
6[Google Individual Contributor License Agreement](https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual?csw=1)
7(CLA)**, which you can do online.
8
9The CLA is necessary mainly because you own the copyright to your changes,
10even after your contribution becomes part of our codebase, so we need your
11permission to use and distribute your code. We also need to be sure of
12various other things — for instance that you'll tell us if you know that
13your code infringes on other people's patents. You don't have to sign
14the CLA until after you've submitted your code for review and a member has
15approved it, but you must do it before we can put your code into our codebase.
16
17### The small print
18Contributions made by corporations are covered by a different agreement than
19the one above, the
20[Software Grant and Corporate Contributor License Agreement](https://cla.developers.google.com/about/google-corporate).
21
22### Contribution process
23
241. Explain your idea and discuss your plan with members of the team. The best
25 way to do this is to create
26 an [issue](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/issues) or comment on an
27 existing issue.
281. Prepare a git commit with your change. Don't forget to
29 add [tests](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/tree/master/tests).
30 Run the existing tests with `bazel test //...`. Update
31 [README.rst](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-gazelle/blob/master/README.rst)
32 if appropriate.
331. [Create a pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/).
34 This will start the code review process. **All submissions, including
35 submissions by project members, require review.**
361. You may be asked to make some changes. You'll also need to sign the CLA at
37 this point, if you haven't done so already. Our continuous integration bots
38 will test your change automatically on supported platforms. Once everything
39 looks good, your change will be merged.
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