Contributing

Contributing to the .NET Micro Framework

While the .NET Micro Framework is sponsored by Microsoft Open Technologies it is an Open Source project and therefore we encourage and welcome contributions from the development community. As with any Open Source project - in order to avoid complete chaos and mass fragmentation, there are a few rules to follow.

Pre-requisites for Contributing

1. Sign a [Contribution License Agreement (CLA)](Contribution License Agreement) (One time activity)
2. Fork the repository into your own GitHub account
   Forking the repository is a simple click on the "Fork" button on the repositories page in GitHub.
3. Clone your Forked GitHub repository to your local development machine
   git clone https://github.com/<your GitHub ID>/netmf-interpreter.git
4. In your local repository, configure a remote to "upstream" NETMF repository
   git remote add upstream https://github.com/NETMF/netmf-interpreter.git

Basic Workflow for Contributions

1. Update your local dev branch with dev branch of "upstream" NETMF repository
   git checkout dev
git pull upstream dev
2. Create a topic branch for your changes in your local repository
   git checkout -b <topic name>
3. Make your changes and commit them to your local topic branch
4. Ensure that the your changes can be merged into "upstream" NETMF repository without any conflicts
   git checkout dev
git pull upstream dev
get checkout <topic name>
get rebase dev
5. Push your local topic branch to your GitHub repository
   git push origin <topic name>
6. Create a Pull Request from the topic branch of your GitHub repository to dev branch of "upstream" NETMF repository
   This can be easily done through the "Pull Request" tab of your GitHub repository page
7. Respond to review comments on your changes
   This may entail additional changes to your code with an update to the Pull Request in order to fix issues, meet guidelines, etc.
8. Core team commit changes to "upstream" NETMF repository Once the Pull Request is approved, a core member of the team will apply the changes to the NETMF repository so they are available for everyone to include.