Contributing

Special Note

Netflix's support for Security Monkey has been reduced for minor bug fixes only. That being said, contributions to Security Monkey are always welcome!

Development Setup OS X

Please review the Mac OS X Development Setup Instructions to set up your Mac for Security Monkey development.

Development Setup Ubuntu

Please review the Ubuntu Development Setup Instructions to set up your Ubuntu installation for Security Monkey Development.

Development Setup Windows

Please review the Windows Development Setup Instructions to set up Windows for Security Monkey development.

Submitting changes

• Code should be accompanied by tests and documentation. Maintain our excellent test coverage.
• Follow the existing code style, especially make sure flake8 does not complain about anything.
• Write good commit messages. Here's three blog posts on how to do it right:
  • Writing Git commit messages
  • A Note About Git Commit Messages
  • On commit messages
• One branch per feature or fix. Keep branches small and on topic.
• Send a pull request to the v1/develop branch. See the GitHub pull request docs for help.

Additional resources

• Issue tracker
• GitHub documentation
• Development Guidelines