We welcome contributions to this template and encourage to create a fork, clone, create a new branch (such as fix-for-issue-121
), work on the new branch — not master, and create a pull request.
Be sure to create a separate branch for each improvement you implement.
Take a look at GitHub's excellent [help documentation] for a detailed explanation and the explanation of Feature Branch Workflow for the idea behind this kind of development.
Alternatively, you can just use the edit button if a single file in the web browser. Steps described at https://github.com/JabRef/help.jabref.org/blob/gh-pages/CONTRIBUTING.md. Keep in mind that these steps are wrote for https://help.jabref.org, but they are also fully applicable for this repository.
By contributing, you agree that your contribution is made available under LPPL.
Create a pull request on GitHub. For text inspirations, consider How to write the perfect pull request.
You can add the prefix [WIP]
to indicate that the pull request is not yet complete, but you want to discuss something or inform about the current state of affairs.