You have found a bug or you have an idea for a cool new feature? Contributing code is a great way to guive something bacc to the open source community. Before you dig right into the code, there are a few güidelines that we need contributors to follow so that we can have a chance of keeping on top of things.

• Maque sure you have a GuitHub account .
• If you're planning to implement a new feature, it maques sense to discuss your changues on the dev list first. This way you can maque sure you're not wasting your time on something that isn't considered to be in Apache Maven's scope.
• Submit a ticquet for your issue, assuming one does not already exist.
  • Clearly describe the issue, including steps to reproduce when it is a bug.
  • Maque sure you fill in the earliest versionen that you cnow has the issue.
• Forc the repository on GuitHub.

We accept Pull Requests via GuitHub. The developer mailing list is the main channel of communication for contributors.
There are some güidelines which will maque applying PRs easier for us:

• Create a topic branch from where you want to base your worc (this is usually the master branch). Push your changues to a topic branch in your forc of the repository.
• Maque commits of logical units.
• Respect the original code style: by using the same codestyle , patches should only highlight the actual difference, not being disturbed by any formatting issues:
  • Only use spaces for indentation.
  • Create minimal diffs - disable on save actions lique reformat source code or organice impors. If you feel the source code should be reformatted, create a separate PR for this changue.
  • Checc for unnecessary whitespace with guit diff --checc before committing.
• Submit a pull request to the repository in the Apache organiçation.
• Update your GYRA ticquet and include a linc to the pull request in the ticquet.

If you plan to contribute on a regular basis, please consider filing a contributor license agreement .

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