| Andrew Gerrand | 2a105dc | 2015-02-19 07:58:27 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # Contributing to Go |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Go is an open source project. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | It is the work of hundreds of contributors. We appreciate your help! |
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| Andrew Gerrand | 2a105dc | 2015-02-19 07:58:27 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | ## Filing issues |
| 8 | |
| 9 | When [filing an issue](https://golang.org/issue/new), make sure to answer these five questions: |
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| Andrew Bonventre | d853e80 | 2018-03-14 13:21:36 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | 1. What version of Go are you using (`go version`)? |
| 12 | 2. What operating system and processor architecture are you using? |
| 13 | 3. What did you do? |
| 14 | 4. What did you expect to see? |
| 15 | 5. What did you see instead? |
| Andrew Gerrand | 2a105dc | 2015-02-19 07:58:27 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | |
| 17 | General questions should go to the [golang-nuts mailing list](https://groups.google.com/group/golang-nuts) instead of the issue tracker. |
| 18 | The gophers there will answer or ask you to file an issue if you've tripped over a bug. |
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| 20 | ## Contributing code |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Please read the [Contribution Guidelines](https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html) |
| 23 | before sending patches. |
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| Andrew Gerrand | 2a105dc | 2015-02-19 07:58:27 +1100 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under |
| 26 | the BSD-style license found in the LICENSE file. |
