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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 62ebc7917a..06fcd8dd81 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ before it will be merged. The basic squashing workflow is shown below. # save and quit git push -f # (force push to GitHub) +If you have problems with squashing (or other workflows with `git`), you can +alternatively enable "Allow edits from maintainers" in the right GitHub +sidebar and ask for help in the pull request. + +Please refrain from creating several pull requests for the same change. +Use the pull request that is already open (or was created earlier) to amend +changes. This preserves the discussion and review that happened earlier for +the respective change set. + The length of time required for peer review is unpredictable and will vary from pull request to pull request. @@ -169,7 +178,9 @@ language is used within pull-request comments: - ACK means "I have tested the code and I agree it should be merged"; - NACK means "I disagree this should be merged", and must be accompanied by - sound technical justification. NACKs without accompanying reasoning may be disregarded; + sound technical justification (or in certain cases of copyright/patent/licensing + issues, legal justification). NACKs without accompanying reasoning may be + disregarded; - utACK means "I have not tested the code, but I have reviewed it and it looks OK, I agree it can be merged"; - Concept ACK means "I agree in the general principle of this pull request"; @@ -198,3 +209,11 @@ Release Policy -------------- The project leader is the release manager for each Bitcoin Core release. + +Copyright +--------- + +By contributing to this repository, you agree to license your work under the +MIT license unless specified otherwise in `contrib/debian/copyright` or at +the top of the file itself. Any work contributed where you are not the original +author must contain its license header with the original author(s) and source. |