Contributing

This project uses C4(Collective Code Construction Contract) process for contributions

Steps for making updates to the software, based on C4 document above:

• User:

  • Opens an issue in issue tracker, describing problem (called issue #n)

• Contributer:

  • forks the repository

  • makes changes

  • commits with appropriate commit following message

    fixed issue #n (*on first line*)
    
    Problem: describe Problem
    Solution: describe Solution
    

  • Make a pull request

• Maintianer:

  • Merge pull request into master

• User:

  • Closes issue #n in issue tracker

After the merge, The Contributer may want to take the following steps:

• Contributer: pull the changes from santoshphilip/eppy Maintainer has completed the merge

  • This has to be done in the command line

    git pull --rebase upstream master
    

  • To do the above you need a remote called upstream. You can set this up by the following line in the command line

    git remote add upstream https://github.com/santoshphilip/eppy.git
    # this needs to be done only once