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Contributing
Welcome to The Lounge, it's great to have you here! We thank you in advance for your contributions.
I have a question
Find us on #thelounge channel on Freenode. You might not get an answer right away, but this channel is filled with nice people who will be happy to help you.
I want to report a bug
First of all, look at the open and closed issues to see if this was not already discussed before.
I want to contribute to the code
A good starting point if you want to help us but do not have a clear idea of what you can do specifically is to look at the open issues labeled as quick and easy or help wanted.
Also, make sure that your PRs do not contain unnecessary commits. If you think some of your commits should be merged into a single one, feel free to squash them.
Please rebase outdated PRs on master to help with the reviews (rebasing is preferred over merging to keep a clean history in a branch/PR).
Additionally, give extra care to your commit messages, as they will help us review your PRs as well as help other contributors in the future, when exploring the history. The general rules are to use the imperative present tense, to start with a single concise line, followed by a blank line and a more detailed explanation when necessary. Tim Pope wrote an excellent article on how one should format their commit messages.
When you send a PR, expect two different reviews from the project maintainers. You can read more about this in the maintainers' corner.
Please document any relevant changes in the documentation that can be found in its own repository.