CONTRIBUTING.md

Understanding the basics

Not sure what a pull request is, or how to submit one? Take a look at GitHub's excellent help documentation first.

We also have guidelines for setting up a local workspace.

Please keep in mind that JabRef relies on Java 6 due to the availability of Java 6 on older Mac OS X operating system.

Add your change to the CHANGELOG

You should edit the CHANGELOG located in the root directory of the JabRef source. Add a line with your changes and your name. Nicknames are OK

Add yourself to src/main/resources/help/About.html

We try to keep an updated list of contributors in About.html. Open About.html and add yourself below Contributions from:.

Adapt the year in the header

The years stated in the header of each .java file should match the years where the file has been modified.

For instance,

/*  Copyright (C) 2003-2011 JabRef contributors.

gets

/*  Copyright (C) 2003-2014 JabRef contributors.

Write a good commit message.

See good commit message or commit guidelines section of Pro Git.