From 0bb32bb8fad2167285ea220cf604225f5ed7d0f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Purcell Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 10:09:44 +0000 Subject: Add CONTRIBUTING.md, mainly to document the "next" vs "master" branching This file is displayed to would-be pull-request submitters, so it's a good place to provide this information. [ci skip] --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.md (limited to 'CONTRIBUTING.md') diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a4b8b14f --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +Tips for contributors +--------------------- + +* Please **make pull requests against `next`, not `master`**. + Ledger follows a [git-flow](http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/) branching model, + in which development happens on the `next` branch and is subsequently merged into `master` for releases. +* If you're making **changes to `ledger-mode`, or other files for which the Travis build is not + relevant**, please **add `[ci skip]` to the end of the commit message**. -- cgit v1.2.3