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Also link to Worg pages as much as possible because more people can contribute to them.
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The text below explains the rules for participating in Org mode
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development.
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See [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html][the org-contribute page on Worg]] for guidance on how to contribute
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effectively.
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* Org maintenance
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We value a nice tone in our discussions: please check and respect the
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[[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.en.html][GNU Kind Communications Guidelines]].
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Org maintenance is detailed on Worg: see [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html][org-maintenance]].
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* Contribute as a Org user
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* Main contribution rules
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You can contribute by helping others in various channels.
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1. The master git repository is hosted publicly on [[https://savannah.gnu.org][savannah.gnu.org]].
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See [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#org99b8f3e][these directions]].
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: git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs/org-mode.git
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* Contribute as an Emacs Lisp hacker
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This is sufficient to start hacking and to produce patches that can
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easily and consistently be applied to the main repository.
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You can contribute with bug reports and patches.
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2. People who want to participate to the Org mode development can send
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patches to this address:
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See these [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#org069b83a][directions]].
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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
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* As a Org maintainer
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3. If you are a regular contributor, you can request push access to
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the repository by creating an account on [[https://savannah.gnu.org/account/register.php][savannah.gnu.org]] and by
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[[https://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=emacs][joining the Emacs group]].
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We encourage you to volunteer to maintain one of the Org files.
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After you have been added as a user with push privileges, you can
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clone the repository like this:
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Just [[mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org][send an email to the list]] explaining which file and your
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motivations.
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: git clone USERNAME@git.savannah.gnu.org:/srv/git/emacs/org-mode.git
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Replace =USERNAME= with your Savannah username.
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4. By requesting push access, you acknowledge that you have read and
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agreed with the following rules:
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- Org mode is part of GNU Emacs. Therefore, we need to be very
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conscious about changes moving into the Org mode core. These can
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originate only from people who have signed the appropriate papers
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with the Free Software Foundation. The files to which this
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applies are:
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- all *.el files in the lisp directory of the repository
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- orgcard.tex and all *.org files in the doc/ directory
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- Before making any significant changes, please explain and discuss
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them on the mailing list [[mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org][emacs-orgmode@gnu.org]].
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This does obviously not apply to people who are maintaining their
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own contributions to Org mode. Please just use the new mechanism
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to make sure all changes end up in the right place.
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We value a nice tone in our discussions: please check and respect
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the [[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.en.html][GNU Kind Communications Guidelines]].
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- Org mode no longer uses ChangeLog entries to document changes.
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Instead, special commit messages are used. The commit message
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format generally follows Emacs conventions, as described in the
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`CONTRIBUTE' file in the main Emacs repository. Several more
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Org-specific conventions are described in
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[[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#commit-messages][worg/org-contribute#commit-messages]].
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- Among other things, Org mode is widely appreciated because of its
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simplicity, cleanness and consistency. We should try to preserve
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them and ask everyone to keep this in mind when posting changes.
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See [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html][worg/org-contribute]] for guidance on how to contribute effectively.
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See what is [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-maintenance.html][the role of a maintainer]].
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