One of the easiest ways to contribute is to participate in discussions on GitHub issues. You can also contribute by submitting pull requests with code changes.
Start a discussion on the repository issue tracker.
For non-security related bugs, log a new issue in the GitHub repository.
We accept fixes and features! Here are some resources to help you get started on how to contribute code or new content.
- Look at the Contributor documentation to get started on building the source code on your own.
- "Help wanted" issues - these issues are up for grabs. Comment on an issue if you want to create a fix.
- "Good first issue" issues - we think these are a good for newcomers.
If you would like to contribute to one of our repositories, first identify the scale of what you would like to contribute. If it is small (grammar/spelling or a bug fix) feel free to start working on a fix. If you are submitting a feature or substantial code contribution, please discuss it with the team and ensure it follows the product roadmap. You might also read these two blogs posts on contributing code: Open Source Contribution Etiquette by Miguel de Icaza and Don't "Push" Your Pull Requests by Ilya Grigorik. All code submissions will be rigorously reviewed and tested by the ASP.NET and Entity Framework teams, and only those that meet an extremely high bar for both quality and design/roadmap appropriateness will be merged into the source.
You will need to be a contributor when submitting your pull request.
If you don't know what a pull request is read this article: https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests. Make sure the repository can build and all tests pass. Familiarize yourself with the project workflow and our coding conventions. The coding, style, and general engineering guidelines are published on the Development Guidelines page.
- Tests need to be provided for every bug/feature that is completed.
- Tests only need to be present for issues that need to be verified by QA (for example, not tasks)
- If there is a scenario that is far too hard to test there does not need to be a test for it.
- "Too hard" is determined by the team as a whole.
Your pull request will now go through extensive checks by the subject matter experts on our team. Update your pull request according to feedback until it is approved by the team members. After that, one of our team members may adjust the branch you merge into based on the expected release schedule.