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Contributing
Thank you for your interest in loopback, an open source project
administered by StrongLoop.
Contributing to loopback is easy. In a few simple steps:
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Ensure that your effort is aligned with the project’s roadmap by talking to the maintainers, especially if you are going to spend a lot of time on it. This project is currently maintained by @ritch, @raymondfeng, and @bajtos. The preferred channel of communication is LoopBack Forum or Github Issues.
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Make something better or fix a bug.
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Adhere to code style outlined in the Google Javascript Style Guide.
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Sign your patches to indicate that your are making your contribution available under the terms of the Contributor License Agreement.
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Submit a pull request through Github.
Signing patches
Like many open source projects, we need a contributor license agreement from you before we can merge in your changes.
In summary, by submitting your code, you are granting us a right to use that code under the terms of this Agreement, including providing it to others. You are also certifying that you wrote it, and that you are allowed to license it to us. You are not giving up your copyright in your work. The license does not change your rights to use your own contributions for any other purpose.
Contributor License Agreements are important because they define the chain of ownership of a piece of software. Some companies won't allow the use of free software without clear agreements around code ownership. That's why many open source projects collect similar agreements from contributors. The CLA here is based on the Apache CLA.
To signify your agreement to these terms, add the following line to the bottom of your commit message. Use your real name and an actual e-mail address.
Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org>
Alternatively you can use the git command line to automatically add this line, as follows:
$ git commit -sm "Replace rainbows by unicorns"
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