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Create a CONTRIBUTING.md

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by checking the repository structure and any existing contribution or branch-protection guidance before creating CONTRIBUTING.md. Document how contributors provide DCO signoff and enable the DCO app for the appropriate branches; done means both requested items are covered and the file is present at the repository root.

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Description

  • Describes how one can contribute to the project with DCO signoff.
  • Enable DCO app for appropriate branches.
Dominant language
Ruby
Stars
0
Forks
4
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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