CONTRIBUTING.md
# How to contribute
Third-party patches are much appreciated. This is a rather large project
and a single person can not work on it 24/7 to address all issues and
feature requests. If you feel comfortable with PHP and Smarty you should
consider following this contribution guide!
## Getting Started
* Make sure you have a [GitHub account][4].
* Submit an [Issue][1] for your issue, assuming one does not already exist.
* Clearly describe the issue including steps to reproduce when it is a bug.
* Make sure you fill in the earliest version that you know has the issue.
* Fork the repository into your GitHub account
## Making Changes
* Create a topic branch from where you want to base your work.
* This is usually the `next` branch.
* Only target release branches if you are certain your fix must be on that
branch.
* To quickly create a topic branch based on `next`; `git branch
fix/next/my_contribution next` then checkout the new branch with `git
checkout fix/next/my_contribution`. Please avoid working directly on the
`next` branch.
* Make commits of logical units.
* Check for unnecessary whitespace with `git diff --check` before committing.
* Make sure your commit messages are in the proper format.
````
(#99999) Make the example in CONTRIBUTING imperative and concrete
Without this patch applied the example commit message in the CONTRIBUTING
document is not a concrete example. This is a problem because the
contributor is left to imagine what the commit message should look like
based on a description rather than an example. This patch fixes the
problem by making the example concrete and imperative.
The first line is a real life imperative statement with an issue number
from our issue tracker. The body describes the behavior without the patch,
why this is a problem, and how the patch fixes the problem when applied.
````
## Submitting Changes
* Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
* Submit a pull request to the origin repository.
* Update your issue that you have submitted code and are ready for it to be reviewed.
* Include a link to the pull request in the ticket
# Additional Resources
* [Issue Tracker][1]
* [General GitHub documentation][2]
* [GitHub pull request documentation][3]
[1]: https://github.com/TheSerapher/php-mpos/issues "Issue"
[2]: http://help.github.com/ "GitHub documentation"
[3]: http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/ "GitHub pull request documentation"
[4]: https://github.com/signup/free "GitHub account"