CONTRIBUTING.md - protobuf - Git at Google

 # Contributing to protobuf-dt
 Want to contribute? Great! First, read this page (including the small print at
 the end).

 ## Before you contribute
 **Before we can use your code, you must sign the
 [Google Individual Contributor License Agreement](https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual?csw=1)
 (CLA), which you can do online.**

 The CLA is necessary mainly because you own the copyright to your changes,
 even after your contribution becomes part of our codebase, so we need your
 permission to use and distribute your code. We also need to be sure of
 various other things — for instance that you'll tell us if you know that
 your code infringes on other people's patents. You don't have to sign
 the CLA until after you've submitted your code for review and a member has
 approved it, but you must do it before we can put your code into our codebase.

 Before you start working on a larger contribution, you should get in touch
 with us first. Use the issue tracker to explain your idea so we can help and
 possibly guide you.

 ## Code reviews and other contributions
 **All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review.**

 Changes to protobuf-dt must be reviewed before they are accepted, no matter who
 makes the change. A custom git command called git-codereview, discussed below,
 helps manage the code review process through a Google-hosted instance of the
 code review system called Gerrit.

 ### Set up authentication for code review
 Gerrit uses Google Accounts for authentication. If you don't have a Google
 Account, you can create an account which includes a new Gmail email account or
 create an account associated with your existing email address.

 The email address associated with the Google Account you use will be recorded
 in the change log and in the contributors file.

 To set up your account in Gerrit, visit
 [protobuf-dt.googlesource.com](https://protobuf-dt.googlesource.com)
 and click on "Generate Password" in the page's top right menu bar.

 You will be redirected to the google accounts page to sign in.

 Once signed in, you are returned back to
 [protobuf-dt.googlesource.com](https://protobuf-dt.googlesource.com)
 to "Configure Git". Follow the instructions on the page. (If you are on a
 Windows computer, you should instead follow the instructions in the yellow box
 to run the command.)

 Your secret authentication token is now in a .gitcookie file and Git is
 configured to use this file.

 ### Register with Gerrit

 Now that you have your authentication token, you need to register your account
 with Gerrit. To do this, visit
 [protobuf-dt-review.googlesource.com/login](https://protobuf-dt-review.googlesource.com/login/).
 You will immediately be redirected to Google Accounts. Sign in using the same
 Google Account you used above. That is all that is required.

 ## The small print
 Contributions made by corporations are covered by a different agreement than
 the one above, the
 [Software Grant and Corporate Contributor License Agreement](https://cla.developers.google.com/about/google-corporate).
	# Contributing to protobuf-dt
	Want to contribute? Great! First, read this page (including the small print at
	the end).

	## Before you contribute
	**Before we can use your code, you must sign the
	[Google Individual Contributor License Agreement](https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual?csw=1)
	(CLA), which you can do online.**

	The CLA is necessary mainly because you own the copyright to your changes,
	even after your contribution becomes part of our codebase, so we need your
	permission to use and distribute your code. We also need to be sure of
	various other things — for instance that you'll tell us if you know that
	your code infringes on other people's patents. You don't have to sign
	the CLA until after you've submitted your code for review and a member has
	approved it, but you must do it before we can put your code into our codebase.

	Before you start working on a larger contribution, you should get in touch
	with us first. Use the issue tracker to explain your idea so we can help and
	possibly guide you.

	## Code reviews and other contributions
	All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review.

	Changes to protobuf-dt must be reviewed before they are accepted, no matter who
	makes the change. A custom git command called git-codereview, discussed below,
	helps manage the code review process through a Google-hosted instance of the
	code review system called Gerrit.

	### Set up authentication for code review
	Gerrit uses Google Accounts for authentication. If you don't have a Google
	Account, you can create an account which includes a new Gmail email account or
	create an account associated with your existing email address.

	The email address associated with the Google Account you use will be recorded
	in the change log and in the contributors file.

	To set up your account in Gerrit, visit
	[protobuf-dt.googlesource.com](https://protobuf-dt.googlesource.com)
	and click on "Generate Password" in the page's top right menu bar.

	You will be redirected to the google accounts page to sign in.

	Once signed in, you are returned back to
	[protobuf-dt.googlesource.com](https://protobuf-dt.googlesource.com)
	to "Configure Git". Follow the instructions on the page. (If you are on a
	Windows computer, you should instead follow the instructions in the yellow box
	to run the command.)

	Your secret authentication token is now in a .gitcookie file and Git is
	configured to use this file.

	### Register with Gerrit

	Now that you have your authentication token, you need to register your account
	with Gerrit. To do this, visit
	[protobuf-dt-review.googlesource.com/login](https://protobuf-dt-review.googlesource.com/login/).
	You will immediately be redirected to Google Accounts. Sign in using the same
	Google Account you used above. That is all that is required.

	## The small print
	Contributions made by corporations are covered by a different agreement than
	the one above, the
	[Software Grant and Corporate Contributor License Agreement](https://cla.developers.google.com/about/google-corporate).