Contribution Guidelines

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Azure Linux Contribution Philosophy and Best Practices

Before contributing, please review our Azure Linux contribution philosophy and best practices. It covers the principles we follow when accepting changes and other guidance that will help your PR land smoothly.

Guidelines specific to this repo can be found below.

Contributing License Agreement

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit Contributor License Agreements.

When you submit a pull request, a CLA bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., status check, comment). Simply follow the instructions provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

Security

Please review our project's Security Guidelines.

Development

Please consult our Developer Guide