# Contributing

**Pathogen** is open source software; contributions from the community are
encouraged. Please take a moment to read these guidelines before submitting
changes.

## Code style

All PHP code must adhere to the [PSR-2] standards.

## Branching and pull requests

As a guideline, please follow this process:

 1. [Fork the repository].
 2. Create a topic branch for the change:
    - New features should branch from **develop**.
    - Bug fixes to existing versions should branch from **master**.
    - Please ensure the branch is clearly labelled as a feature or fix.
 3. Make the relevant changes.
 4. [Squash] commits if necessary.
 4. Submit a pull request to the **develop** branch.

Please note this is a general guideline only. For more information on the
branching structure please see the [git-flow cheatsheet].

<!-- References -->

[Fork the repository](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo)
[git-flow cheatsheet](http://danielkummer.github.com/git-flow-cheatsheet/)
[PSR-2](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-2-coding-style-guide.md)
[Squash](http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#Changing-Multiple-Commit-Messages)

# Contributing

**Pathogen** is open source software; contributions from the community are
encouraged. Please take a moment to read these guidelines before submitting
changes.

## Code style

All PHP code must adhere to the [PSR-2] standards.

## Branching and pull requests

As a guideline, please follow this process:

 1. [Fork the repository].
 2. Create a topic branch for the change:
    - New features should branch from **develop**.
    - Bug fixes to existing versions should branch from **master**.
    - Please ensure the branch is clearly labelled as a feature or fix.
 3. Make the relevant changes.
 4. [Squash] commits if necessary.
 4. Submit a pull request to the **develop** branch.

Please note this is a general guideline only. For more information on the
branching structure please see the [git-flow cheatsheet].

<!-- References -->

[Fork the repository]: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo
[git-flow cheatsheet]: http://danielkummer.github.com/git-flow-cheatsheet/
[PSR-2]: https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-2-coding-style-guide.md 
[Squash]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#Changing-Multiple-Commit-Messages

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