1*803d6920SChris Mumford# Contributing 2*803d6920SChris Mumford 3*803d6920SChris MumfordWe'd love to accept your code patches! However, before we can take them, we 4*803d6920SChris Mumfordhave to jump a couple of legal hurdles. 5*803d6920SChris Mumford 6*803d6920SChris Mumford## Contributor License Agreements 7*803d6920SChris Mumford 8*803d6920SChris MumfordPlease fill out either the individual or corporate Contributor License 9*803d6920SChris MumfordAgreement as appropriate. 10*803d6920SChris Mumford 11*803d6920SChris Mumford* If you are an individual writing original source code and you're sure you 12*803d6920SChris Mumfordown the intellectual property, then sign an [individual CLA](https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual). 13*803d6920SChris Mumford* If you work for a company that wants to allow you to contribute your work, 14*803d6920SChris Mumfordthen sign a [corporate CLA](https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/corporate). 15*803d6920SChris Mumford 16*803d6920SChris MumfordFollow either of the two links above to access the appropriate CLA and 17*803d6920SChris Mumfordinstructions for how to sign and return it. 18*803d6920SChris Mumford 19*803d6920SChris Mumford## Submitting a Patch 20*803d6920SChris Mumford 21*803d6920SChris Mumford1. Sign the contributors license agreement above. 22*803d6920SChris Mumford2. Decide which code you want to submit. A submission should be a set of changes 23*803d6920SChris Mumfordthat addresses one issue in the [issue tracker](https://github.com/google/leveldb/issues). 24*803d6920SChris MumfordPlease don't mix more than one logical change per submission, because it makes 25*803d6920SChris Mumfordthe history hard to follow. If you want to make a change 26*803d6920SChris Mumford(e.g. add a sample or feature) that doesn't have a corresponding issue in the 27*803d6920SChris Mumfordissue tracker, please create one. 28*803d6920SChris Mumford3. **Submitting**: When you are ready to submit, send us a Pull Request. Be 29*803d6920SChris Mumfordsure to include the issue number you fixed and the name you used to sign 30*803d6920SChris Mumfordthe CLA. 31*803d6920SChris Mumford 32*803d6920SChris Mumford## Writing Code ## 33*803d6920SChris Mumford 34*803d6920SChris MumfordIf your contribution contains code, please make sure that it follows 35*803d6920SChris Mumford[the style guide](http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.xml). 36*803d6920SChris MumfordOtherwise we will have to ask you to make changes, and that's no fun for anyone. 37