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# How to Contribute
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## Getting Started
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- Fork the repository on GitHub
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- Read the [README](README.markdown) for build and test instructions
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- Play with the project, submit bugs, submit patches!
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## Contribution Flow
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This is a rough outline of what a contributor's workflow looks like:
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- Create a topic branch from where you want to base your work (usually master).
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- Make commits of logical units.
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- Make sure your commit messages are in the proper format (see below).
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- Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
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- Make sure the tests pass, and add any new tests as appropriate.
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- Submit a pull request to the original repository.
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Thanks for your contributions!
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### Format of the Commit Message
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We follow a rough convention for commit messages that is designed to answer two
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questions: what changed and why. The subject line should feature the what and
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the body of the commit should describe the why.
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```
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scripts: add the test-cluster command
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this uses tmux to setup a test cluster that you can easily kill and
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start for debugging.
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Fixes #38
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```
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The format can be described more formally as follows:
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```
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<subsystem>: <what changed>
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<BLANK LINE>
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<why this change was made>
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<BLANK LINE>
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<footer>
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```
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The first line is the subject and should be no longer than 70 characters, the
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second line is always blank, and other lines should be wrapped at 80 characters.
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This allows the message to be easier to read on GitHub as well as in various
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git tools.
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