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## How to contribute
We'd love to accept your patches and contributions to this project. There are just a few small guidelines you need to follow.

### Submitting a patch

1. It's generally best to start by opening a new issue describing the bug or
feature you're intending to fix. Even if you think it's relatively minor,
it's helpful to know what people are working on. Mention in the initial
issue that you are planning to work on that bug or feature so that it can
be assigned to you.

2. Follow the normal process of [forking][] the project, and setup a new
branch to work in. It's important that each group of changes be done in
separate branches in order to ensure that a pull request only includes the
commits related to that bug or feature.

3. To ensure properly formatted code, please make sure to use 4
spaces to indent the code. The easy way is to run on your bash the provided
script: ./code_formatter.sh. You should also run [pylint][] over your code.
It's not strictly necessary that your code be completely "lint-free",
but this will help you find common style issues.

4. Any significant changes should almost always be accompanied by tests. The
project already has good test coverage, so look at some of the existing
tests if you're unsure how to go about it. We're using [coveralls][] that
is an invaluable tools for seeing which parts of your code aren't being
exercised by your tests.

5. Do your best to have [well-formed commit messages][] for each change.
This provides consistency throughout the project, and ensures that commit
messages are able to be formatted properly by various git tools.

6. Finally, push the commits to your fork and submit a [pull request][]. Please,
remember to rebase properly in order to maintain a clean, linear git history.

[forking]: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo
[pylint]: https://www.pylint.org/
[coveralls]: https://coveralls.io
[well-formed commit messages]: http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html
[pull request]: https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request

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