This document is intended as help for technical contributions. See translation guidelines for documentation on contributing translations.
This repository is hosted on the Git infrastructure of the FSFE. It requires an account to create a merge request or contribute to the discussions.
The easiest path to access is to become an FSFE Supporter as Supporters get an account on the infrastructure. Your financial contribution will strengthen the solid foundation on which we are building our charitable work for freedom in the information society.
Alternatively you can reach out to the FSFE with your contribution. We will work with you to get the contributions merged. Whether this is a file attached to an email or an external git repository from which commits can be picked.
Formatting guidelines are a work in progress. The general aim is for code to be and stay readable by having consistent formatting that can be applied applied using automated tools.
Perl files can be formatted using perltidy available in most package repositories.
A configuration is available for the pre-commit framework. See the installation guide on the pre-commit website.
Typically the checks are run every git commit. The automatic checks can be
ignored uign the --no-verify flag on the git commit command.