libwebp/CONTRIBUTING.md
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# How to Contribute
We'd love to accept your patches and contributions to this project. There are
just a few small guidelines you need to follow.
## Contributor License Agreement
Contributions to this project must be accompanied by a Contributor License
Agreement. You (or your employer) retain the copyright to your contribution;
this simply gives us permission to use and redistribute your contributions as
part of the project. Head over to <https://cla.developers.google.com/> to see
your current agreements on file or to sign a new one.
You generally only need to submit a CLA once, so if you've already submitted one
(even if it was for a different project), you probably don't need to do it
again.
## Code reviews
All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review. We
use a [Gerrit](https://www.gerritcodereview.com) instance hosted at
https://chromium-review.googlesource.com for this purpose.
## Sending patches
The basic git workflow for modifying libwebp code and sending for review is:
1. Get the latest version of the repository locally:
```sh
git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp && cd libwebp
```
2. Copy the commit-msg script into ./git/hooks (this will add an ID to all of
your commits):
```sh
curl -Lo .git/hooks/commit-msg https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/tools/hooks/commit-msg && chmod u+x .git/hooks/commit-msg
```
3. Modify the local copy of libwebp. Make sure the code
[builds successfully](https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp/+/HEAD/doc/building.md#cmake).
4. Choose a short and representative commit message:
```sh
git commit -a -m "Set commit message here"
```
5. Send the patch for review:
```sh
git push https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp HEAD:refs/for/main
```
Go to https://chromium-review.googlesource.com to view your patch and
request a review from the maintainers.
See the
[WebM Project page](https://www.webmproject.org/code/contribute/submitting-patches/)
for additional details.
## Community Guidelines
This project follows
[Google's Open Source Community Guidelines](https://opensource.google.com/conduct/).