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# How to contribute
I like to encourage you to contribute to the repository.
This should be as easy as possible for you but there are a few things to consider when contributing.
The following guidelines for contribution should be followed if you want to submit a pull request.
## How to prepare
* You need a [GitHub account](https://github.com/signup/free)
* Submit an [issue ticket](https://github.com/anselmh/modx-boilerplate-evo/issues) for your issue if the is no one yet.
* Describe the issue and include steps to reproduce if it's a bug.
* Ensure to mention the earliest version that you know is affected.
* If you are able and want to fix this, fork the repository on GitHub
## Make Changes
* In your forked repository, create a topic branch for your upcoming patch. (e.g. `feature--autoplay` or `bugfix--ios-crash`)
* Usually this is based on the master branch.
* Create a branch based on master; `git branch
fix/master/my_contribution master` then checkout the new branch with `git
checkout fix/master/my_contribution`. Please avoid working directly on the `master` branch.
* Make sure you stick to the coding style that is used already.
* Make use of the [`.editorconfig`-file](http://editorconfig.org/) if provided with the repository.
* Make commits of logical units and describe them properly.
* Check for unnecessary whitespace with `git diff --check` before committing.
* If possible, submit tests to your patch / new feature so it can be tested easily.
* Assure nothing is broken by running all the tests.
## Submit Changes
* Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
* Open a pull request to the original repository and choose the right original branch you want to patch.
_Advanced users may use [`hub`](https://github.com/defunkt/hub#git-pull-request) gem for that._
* If not done in commit messages (which you really should do) please reference and update your issue with the code changes. But _please do not close the issue yourself_.
_Notice: You can [turn your previously filed issues into a pull-request here](http://issue2pr.herokuapp.com/)._
* Even if you have write access to the repository, do not directly push or merge pull-requests. Let another team member review your pull request and approve.
# Additional Resources
* [General GitHub documentation](http://help.github.com/)
* [GitHub pull request documentation](http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/)
* [Read the Issue Guidelines by @necolas](https://github.com/necolas/issue-guidelines/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details
* [This CONTRIBUTING.md from here](https://github.com/anselmh/CONTRIBUTING.md)