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diff --git a/manual/en/700-contrib.mdwn b/manual/en/700-contrib.mdwn index 5a6d4d60..7654edd0 100644 --- a/manual/en/700-contrib.mdwn +++ b/manual/en/700-contrib.mdwn @@ -156,5 +156,18 @@ nice. Developing the code ------------------- +Assuming you already know how to program, it's fairly straightforward +to work on the Obnam code base. At least it's meant to be so: if you +have trouble, please ask and point out what's unclear or wrong. + +Check out the source from the git server, and read the `README` file +for details on how to get started, and how to run the automated test +suite, and how to send patches. See the website for some development +documentation, including explanations of the on-disk data structures. + +Code changes that are not very trivial should be sent in a form that +can be handled by git. This can be actual patches sent to the mailing +list, or a URL from which changes can be merged. + Project governance ------------------ |