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+## How to Contribute 
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+All contributions are welcome! This guide will get you up to speed with the contribution process for Gooey. 
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+Some Caveats Up Front: 
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+* Opening a PR does not guarantee it will be merged 
+* Feedback may take time
+* Merges may take time 
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+
+### Getting Started: 
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+All bugs and non-trivial changes must have an associated [issue](https://github.com/chriskiehl/Gooey/issues/new). So, step one should be making sure that your [issue doesn't already exist](https://github.com/chriskiehl/Gooey/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue). If you find a relevant issue, feel free to add a comment with any additional details or problems specific to your use case. Otherwise, open a new issue and fill out the template in its entirety. 
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+An exception to this rule is for any "trivial" change such as language additions, documentation fixes, typo corrections, etc.. no issue is required for these. Just include a good description / overview in your PR. 
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+  
+### Development Overview
+
+All development and pull requests should be made against the **current release branch**. Master is reserved for the last stable working version of the code. As such, it will often be outdated.
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+Release branches take the form of `{semvar}-release`. For example:
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+* `1.0.2-release`  
+* `2.0.0-release` 
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+You can find the current release branch by checking out the [branches page](https://github.com/chriskiehl/Gooey/branches). 
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+**Making Changes:**
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+* Create a branch for your changes
+	* Use the current release branch
+	* Don't branch from `master`! This will cause you pain! 
+	* Ideal branch naming would reference the issue number it is resolving (e.g. `issue-xxx-enabling-cool-feature` ). 
+* Group your commits into coarse feature-level chunks (preferably one) and reference the issue number in the message (e.g. `"closes #322 - added cool feature XXX"`)
+	* Make your commits about One Thing. 
+	* Avoid stream of consciousness style commits as they'll just be asked to be cleaned up during code review
+* Make sure you've added tests for your feature / bug fix
+* Make sure it works on both Python 2.7 and Python 3.x (this is often overlooked!) 
+* Backwards compatibility must be honored 
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+## Pull Request Process
+
+Pull Requests should be made against the **current release branch**. You can find the current release branch [here](https://github.com/chriskiehl/Gooey/branches).
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+A good PR should hit these essentials.
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+Basic Checklist: 
+ - [ ] Works on both Python 2.7 & Python 3.x 
+ - [ ] Commit message includes the relevant issue number
+ - [ ] Bug fix / feature has associated tests
+ - [ ] README.md is updated (if relevant)
+ - [ ] PR has summary of the change and links to the detailed issue.  
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+Super Cool Person Above and Beyond Checklist Additions:
+ - [ ] A sister commit in the [Examples Repo](https://github.com/chriskiehl/GooeyExamples) was created demonstrating your new feature 
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+## Code of Conduct
+
+None. Use your best judgement. 
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+
+## Grumpy Stuff:
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+* Please do not email me directly to ask why your PR hasn't been merged 
+* Please do not email me directly to ask why your issue hasn't been addressed. 
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+The answer will always be some stock variant of (1) I'm just _a_ guy, (2) I work on this for free (3) It's not a priority at the moment, (4) yes, I feel guilty all the time, (5) some weekends I just want to play a video game or something. 
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+[Worth a read.](https://gist.github.com/richhickey/1563cddea1002958f96e7ba9519972d9)
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