SubmittingPatches

Submitting Patches

If you want to contribute to the core code, you must follow our [ContributorLicenseAgreement].

Before writing a patch, please, familiarize yourself with our [CodingStyle] conventions.

You can create a patch using the subversion command ("svn diff > ~/mypatch.diff") or the unified patch format ("diff -u").

If you are using an eclipse svn plugin you can use the following steps:

• select the project in Package Explorer;
• right-click and select Team/Create Patch;
• select "Save In File System" and choose the file name;
• click "Next" and "Finish";
• check unversioned resources that should be included in the patch;
• click "OK"

Once the patch is created you should open a ticket in Trac describing the problem/bug that you solved, provide a test case if applicable, and of course attach you patch to the just created ticket. Don't mix together changes made for different reasons. Send them individually.