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-*- mode: org; fill-column:70 -*-

The text below explains the rules for participating in Org mode development.

Main contribution rules

  1. The master git repository is hosted publicly at orgmode.org.

    Anyone can get a clone of the current repository state using the command

    git clone https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode.git

    Having a clone is sufficient to start hacking and to produce patches that can easily and consistently be applied to the main repository.

  2. People who are interested in participating to the Org mode development can do so by sending patches to this address: 
    [email protected]
  3. An interested developer can also request push access to the central repository by creating an account on code.orgmode.org and by sending her/his user info to the maintainer.

    After you have been added as a user with push privileges, clone the repository through ssh using

    git clone [email protected]:bzg/org-mode.git

    By requesting push access, you acknowledge that you have read and agreed with the following rules:

    • Org mode is part of GNU Emacs. Therefore, we need to be very conscious about changes moving into the Org mode core. These can originate only from people who have signed the appropriate papers with the Free Software Foundation. The files to which this applies are:
      • all *.el files in the lisp directory of the repository
      • org.texi, orgcard.tex in the doc directory
      • the corresponding ChangeLog files
    • Before making any significant changes, please explain and discuss them on the mailing list [email protected].

      This does obviously not apply to people who are maintaining their own contributions to Org mode. Please, just use the new mechanism to make sure all changes end up in the right place.

      We value a nice tone in our discussions: please check and respect the GNU Kind Communications Guidelines.

    • Org mode no longer uses ChangeLog entries to document changes. Instead, special commit messages are used, as described in the `CONTRIBUTE’ file in the main Emacs repository.
    • Among other things, Org mode is widely appreciated because of its simplicity, cleanness and consistency. We should try hard to preserve this and ask everyone to keep this in mind when proposing changes.

The contrib/ directory

The git repository contains a contrib/ directory. This directory is the playing field for any developer, also people who have not (yet) signed the papers with the FSF. You are free to add files to this directory, implementing extensions, new link types etc.

Also non-Lisp extensions like scripts to process Org files in different ways are welcome in this directory. You should provide documentation with your extensions, at least in the form of commentary in the file, better on worg. Please discuss your extensions on [email protected].

After files have been tested in contrib/ and found to be generally useful, we may decide to clarify copyright questions and then move the file into the Org mode core. This means they will be moved up to the root directory and will also eventually be added to GNU Emacs git repository. The final decision about this rests with the maintainer.

Org maintenance

Org maintenance is explained on Worg: see org-maintenance.