| # Contributing to Docker open source projects | |
| Want to hack on this project? Awesome! Here are instructions to get you started. | |
| This project is a part of the [Docker](https://www.docker.com) project, and follows | |
| the same rules and principles. If you're already familiar with the way | |
| Docker does things, you'll feel right at home. | |
| Otherwise, go read Docker's | |
| [contributions guidelines](https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md), | |
| [issue triaging](https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/project/ISSUE-TRIAGE.md), | |
| [review process](https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/project/REVIEWING.md) and | |
| [branches and tags](https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/project/BRANCHES-AND-TAGS.md). | |
| For an in-depth description of our contribution process, visit the | |
| contributors guide: [Understand how to contribute](https://docs.docker.com/opensource/workflow/make-a-contribution/) | |
| ### Sign your work | |
| The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the patch. Your | |
| signature certifies that you wrote the patch or otherwise have the right to pass | |
| it on as an open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple: if you can certify | |
| the below (from [developercertificate.org](http://developercertificate.org/)): | |
| ``` | |
| Developer Certificate of Origin | |
| Version 1.1 | |
| Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors. | |
| 1 Letterman Drive | |
| Suite D4700 | |
| San Francisco, CA, 94129 | |
| Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this | |
| license document, but changing it is not allowed. | |
| Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1 | |
| By making a contribution to this project, I certify that: | |
| (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I | |
| have the right to submit it under the open source license | |
| indicated in the file; or | |
| (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best | |
| of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source | |
| license and I have the right under that license to submit that | |
| work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part | |
| by me, under the same open source license (unless I am | |
| permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated | |
| in the file; or | |
| (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other | |
| person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified | |
| it. | |
| (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution | |
| are public and that a record of the contribution (including all | |
| personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is | |
| maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with | |
| this project or the open source license(s) involved. | |
| ``` | |
| Then you just add a line to every git commit message: | |
| Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@email.com> | |
| Use your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.) | |
| If you set your `user.name` and `user.email` git configs, you can sign your | |
| commit automatically with `git commit -s`. |