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| 1 | +# Contributing |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +We love contributions! We really need your help to [fabric8 more awesome](http://fabric8.io/), so please [join our community](#/site/doc/community.html)! |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +Many thanks to all of our [existing contributors](https://github.com/fabric8io/fabric8/graphs/contributors)! Why not dive in and help? |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Here's some notes to help you get started: |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## Getting Started |
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| 11 | +* Make sure you have a [GitHub account](https://github.com/signup/free) as you'll need it to submit issues, comments or pull requests. |
| 12 | +* Got any ideas for how we can improve fabric8? Please [submit an issue](https://github.com/fabric8io/fabric8/issues?state=open) with your thoughts. Constructive criticism is always greatly appreciated! |
| 13 | +* Fancy submitting a blog post, article or screencastwe can link to? Just [submit an issue](https://github.com/fabric8io/fabric8/issues?state=open) and we'll merge it into our website. |
| 14 | +* Search [our issue tracker](https://github.com/fabric8io/fabric8/issues?state=open) and see if there's been any ideas or issues reported for what you had in mind; if so please join the conversation in the comments. |
| 15 | +* Submit any issues, feature requests or improvement ideas [our issue tracker](https://github.com/fabric8io/fabric8/issues?state=open). |
| 16 | + * Clearly describe the issue including steps to reproduce when it is a bug. |
| 17 | + * Make sure you fill in the earliest version that you know has the issue. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +### Fancy hacking some code? |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +* If you fancy working on some code, check out the these lists of issues: |
| 22 | + * [all open issues](https://github.com/fabric8io/fabric8/issues?state=open) if you fancy being more adventurous. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +* To make code changes, fork the repository on GitHub then you can hack on the code. We love any contribution such as: |
| 25 | + * fixing typos |
| 26 | + * improving the documentation or embedded help |
| 27 | + * writing new test cases or improve existing ones |
| 28 | + * adding new features |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +## Submitting changes to fabric8 |
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| 32 | +* Push your changes to your fork of the [fabric8 repository](https://github.com/fabric8io/fabric8). |
| 33 | +* Submit a pull request to the repository in the **fabric8io** organization. |
| 34 | +* If your change references an existing [issue](https://github.com/fabric8io/fabric8/issues?state=open) then use "fixes #123" in the commit message (using the correct issue number ;). |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +# Additional Resources |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +* [fabric8 FAQ](#/site/FAQ.md) |
| 39 | +* [General GitHub documentation](http://help.github.com/) |
| 40 | +* [GitHub create pull request documentation](hhttps://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request) |
| 41 | +* [join the fabric8 community](#/site/doc/community.html) |
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