From f3dd97e67b778e0a510b989a820bd3e0820449e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Jonas=20=C3=85dahl?= Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 11:41:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README: Add contribution section Short and incomplete blurb about coding style and commit message guidelines. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/merge_requests/440 --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 56141d1a2..964b04d46 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,6 +22,20 @@ by Gala, elementary OS's window manager. It can also be run standalone, using the command "mutter", but just running plain mutter is only intended for debugging purposes. +## Contributing + +To contribute, open merge requests at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter. + +The coding style used is primarily the GNU flavor of the [GNOME coding +style](https://developer.gnome.org/programming-guidelines/stable/c-coding-style.html.en) +with some minor additions such as preferring `stdint.h` types over GLib +fundamental types, and a soft 80 character line limit. However, in general, +look at the file you're editing for inspiration. + +Commit messages should follow the [GNOME commit message +guidelines](https://wiki.gnome.org/Git/CommitMessages). We require an URL +to either an issue or a merge request in each commit. + ## License Mutter is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License,