1 ## Understanding the basics
2 Not sure what a pull request is, or how to submit one? Take a look at GitHub's excellent [help documentation] first.
5 ## Add your change to the CHANGELOG
6 You should edit the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG) located in the root directory of the JabRef source.
7 Add a line with your changes and your name.
11 ## Add yourself to src/main/resources/help/About.html
12 We try to keep an updated list of contributors in `About.html`.
13 Open `About.html` and add yourself below `Contributions from:`.
16 ## Adapt the year in the header
18 The years stated in the header of each .java file should match the years where the file has been modified.
23 /* Copyright (C) 2003-2011 JabRef contributors.
29 /* Copyright (C) 2003-2014 JabRef contributors.
33 ## Write a good commit message.
34 See [good commit message] or [commit guidelines section of Pro Git].
36 [commit guidelines section of Pro Git]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project#Commit-Guidelines
37 [good commit message]: http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html
38 [help documentation]: http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests