CONTRIBUTING: added contribution guidelines
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When contributing a pull request to the main branch, please sign your commits
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with a PGP key and add your name and the year to the bottom of the list of
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copyright holders for the file. For example, an existing copyright header might
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read:
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* Copyright (c) 2022–2023 Emma Tebibyte <emma@tebibyte.media>
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You would add your name below it like this:
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* Copyright (c) 2022–2023 Emma Tebibyte <emma@tebibyte.media>
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* Copyright (c) 20XX Your Name <your e-mail address or website>
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We accept contributions from people using aliases.
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Only list years in which you modified the source file. For example:
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* Copyright (c) 2020–2021, 2023 Your Name <your-address@example.com>
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This header shows that “Your Name” worked on this source file in 2020, 2021, and
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2023. Please use the en dash (“–”) to separate the years in the copyright
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notice.
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If you are contributing a new file, please prepend the following license header
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text to it, replacing the proper text on the copyright line:
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/*
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* Copyright (c) 20XX Your Name <your-address@example.com>
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* SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
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*
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* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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* the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
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* Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
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* later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
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* FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
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* details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
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* along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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*/
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When including code provided under an AGPLv3-compatible license, please modify
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the license notice. The following example contains an Expat (MIT) license
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notice:
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/*
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* Copyright (c) 20XX Your Name <your-address@example.com>
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* SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
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*
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* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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* the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
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* Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
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* later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
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* FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
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* details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
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* along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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*
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* This file incorporates work covered by the following copyright and permission
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* notice:
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*
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* MIT License
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*
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* Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
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*
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* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
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* copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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* "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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* without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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* distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
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* persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
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* following conditions:
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*
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* The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
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* paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
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* Software.
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*
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* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
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* OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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* MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
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* NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
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* DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
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* OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
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* USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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*/
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When writing code, make sure lines never exceed 80 characters in width when
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using two-character-wide tabs.
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For usage text and help messages, please do not implement a -h option. Just
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print usage information when any erroneous option is specified. Follow the
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NetBSD style guide for usage text output format [1].
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If committing a new source file for a utility, format the commit message like
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this:
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$ git commit -m 'tool(1): <information>'
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If committing a new library or header file:
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$ git commit -m 'library(1): <information>'
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If modifying some other file or directory:
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$ git commit -m 'README: clarification'
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$ git commit -m 'tests: posix: fixed bug #47'
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$ git commit -m 'docs: tool(1): added author information'
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etc.
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