Contributing

January 21, 2016 ยท View on GitHub

Help us to make this project better by contributing. Whether it's new features, bug fixes, or simply improving documentation, your contributions are welcome. Please start with logging a github issue or submit a pull request.

Before you contribute, please review these guidelines to help ensure a smooth process for everyone.

Thanks.

Issue reporting

  • Please browse our existing issues before logging new issues.
  • Check that the issue has not already been fixed in the master branch.
  • Open an issue with a descriptive title and a summary.
  • Please be as clear and explicit as you can in your description of the problem.
  • Please state the version of Chef and ops_tcpdump_handler you are using in the description.
  • Include any relevant code in the issue summary.

Pull requests

  • Read how to properly contribute to open source projects on Github.
  • Fork the project.
  • Use a feature branch.
  • Write good commit messages.
  • Use the same coding conventions as the rest of the project.
  • Commit locally and push to your fork until you are happy with your contribution.
  • Make sure to add tests and verify all the tests are passing when merging upstream.
  • Add an entry to the Changelog accordingly.
  • Please add your name to the CONTRIBUTORS.md file. Adding your name to the CONTRIBUTORS.md file signifies agreement to all rights and reservations provided by the License.
  • Squash related commits together.
  • Open a pull request.
  • The pull request will be reviewed by the community and merged by the project committers.