CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing

Thank you for your interest in contributing to Codewind. We welcome your additions to this project.

Signing the Eclipse Contributor Agreement (ECA)

Before you can contribute to any Eclipse project, you need to sign the Eclipse Contributor Agreement (ECA).

1. To verify that you signed the ECA, sign in to [https://accounts.eclipse.org/ your Eclipse account].
2. View your Status and make sure that a check mark appears with the Eclipse Contributor Agreement.
3. If the check mark does not appear, click the Eclipse Contributor Agreement in the Status box to go to the agreement that you need to sign.
4. Fill the form and click the Accept button.

Associating your Eclipse profile with your GitHub ID

1. From your Eclipse account, select Edit Profile.
2. On the Personal Information tab, go to the Social Media Links section and add your GitHub user name to the GitHub Username field.
3. Answer the Have you changed employers question.
4. Enter your Eclipse password in the Current password field and then click Save.

For more information about Codewind workflows, see the Codewind GitHub Workflows wiki.

Checking if your issue is already addressed

• Search the list of issues to see if your issue has already been raised.
• See the Codewind documentation to see if existing documentation addresses your question or concern.

Creating a new issue

If you do not see your issue, please select the issue type in the Codewind repository to open a new issue.

• Bugs: Complete the bug template to report problems found in Codewind.
• Enhancements: Complete the enhancement template to suggest improvements to Codewind.
• Questions: Complete the question template to ask a question about Codewind.

Contact us

If you have questions, please visit us on Mattermost](https://mattermost.eclipse.org/eclipse/channels/eclipse-codewind).