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# Contributing Guidelines
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This document contains information and guidelines about contributing to this project. Please read it before you start participating.
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## Asking Questions
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Questions are welcome! We encourage you to ask questions through GitHub issues.
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Before doing so, please check that the project issues database doesn't already
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include an answer to your question. Then open a new Issue and use the "Question"
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label.
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## Pull Requests
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We **love** pull requests!
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Pull requests should adhere to our [Code Review Guidelines](CODE_REVIEW_GUIDELINES.md) and [Code of Conduct](CONDUCT.md).
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All contributions _will_ be licensed under the MIT license.
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## Getting Started
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Our backlog has many items [tagged with "good first issue"](https://github.com/zcash/secant-android-wallet/labels/good%20first%20issue). If you'd like to pick one of these up, please fork the repo and make a pull request for us to review.
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Our [Architecture.md](Architecture.md) documentation is a good reference get oriented on the structure of the codebase.
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### Structuring a PR Commit
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## Commit Messages
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Commit history is an important part of the project's documentation.
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Besides its obvious testimonial value, commits represent a point in time
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in the project's lifetime in a given context. A good record of the changes that
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occurred during the project's life helps to guarantee that it can outlive its
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stakeholders no matter how foundational or crucial these individuals (or
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groups) were. As any reading material, it is best appreciated and comprehended
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when there's a visible structure that readers can follow and reason about.
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For that we've defined a structure for commit messages that all contributors must
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follow to maintain coherence on the project's commit log. The proposed format
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has been inspired by [this great article](https://cbea.ms/git-commit/)
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### Preparing to contribute to the project
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The first thing you should look for is an existing issue. It is possible
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that the contribution you are planning to work on was already discussed
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by other users and/or contributors in the past. If not present, file an
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issue following the criteria described in the preceeding sections.
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Every contribution must reference an existing Issue. This issue is important
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since it will be directly referenced in the title of your commit.
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We prefer small PR's, which makes it easier for us quickly review and merge changes.
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We encourage our contributors to use Squash commits extensively. Maintainers prefer
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avoiding _merge commits_ when possible. It is very much likely that _if accepted_,
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your contribution will be _squash merged_.
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When squashing commits, use your best judgement. In some situations, a refactoring may
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be done before actual behavior changes are implemented. It is reasonable to keep such
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a refactoring as a separate commit as it both makes review easier and allows for
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these refactoring commit SHAs to be added to `.git-blame-ignore-revs`.
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#### Commit Title
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The first line of your commit message constitutes its _title_. Maintainers will
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use commit titles to create release notes. Your contribution will be featured
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in a public release of the project. Think of it as a newspaper headline. It
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should be descriptive and provide the reader a broad idea of what the commit is
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about. You can use a related github issue if it matches this criterion.
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**Preferred title format**
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`[#{issue_number}] {self_descriptive_title}`
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Example
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`[#258] - User can take the backup test successfully more than once`
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optionally you can append the PR # between parenthesis.
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#### Commit message's body
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Use the body of the commit to bring more context to the change. Usually the bulk
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of the problem might be explained in the GitHub Issue. It's a good long term strategy
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not to rely on such elements. If the project were to change its hosting, much of the
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associated "Issues" and "pull requests" will be lost, yet the commit history will
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probably be preserved and the context will also be.
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If there are followup issues for this commit, consider referencing those as well.
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**Use the tools on your favor!**
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When opening a Pull Request, GitHub will take the title of your commit as the PR's
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title and the body of your PR its description. Having a proper structure on your
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commit will make your day shorter.
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### Example:
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````
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commit [some_hash]
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Author: You <you@somedomain.io>
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Date: some date
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[#258] User can take the backup test successfully more than once (#282)
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Closes #258
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this checks that when the user taps the finished button on the phrase displayed it has definitely not passed the test before going to the recovery flow.
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Note: this should actually go to the next or previous screen according to the context that takes the user to the phrase display screen from that context.
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Add //TODO comment with the permanent fix for the problem
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````
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When you open a PR with a commit like this one the first line will land on the GUI's title field,
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and the body will be added as the description of the PR.
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Adding the text `Closes #{issue_number}` will tell GitHub to close the issue when the PR is merged.
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Let the machines do their work.
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## Developer's Certificate of Origin
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All contributions _will_ be licensed under the MIT license.
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By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
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- (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
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have the right to submit it under the open source license
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indicated in the file; or
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- (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
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of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
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license and I have the right under that license to submit that
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work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
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by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
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permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
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in the file; or
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- (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
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person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
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it.
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- (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
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are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
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personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
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maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
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this project or the open source license(s) involved.
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