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- If you're interested in contributing to developing the GUI, you'll need a GitHub account. After that's set up, you should fork the open-ephys/plugin-GUI repository. Once you've made your changes, submit a pull request to have them merged into the master branch. We will take a look at what you've done and decide whether we want to include it. Try to keep your repository up-to-date by running
`git fetch upstream` and `git merge upstream/master`at least once a day (you'll have to type`git remote add upstream https://github.com/open-ephys/plugin-GUI.git`once to specify the location of the original repository). That way, you won't be working on code that's already obsolete. - Branch early, branch often. Once you realize how branching works in git, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.
- All commit messages should be written in the present tense. For example, you should write
`git commit -m "Add new files"`, instead of`git commit -m "Added new files"`. We haven't always been careful about this, but we're trying to do a better job of it. - If you've changed anything major, make your commit messages as thorough as possible. Here are some style guidelines you should adhere to.
- GitHub offers desktop applications for Windows and Mac, but we don't recommend using them. It's well worth learning how to use git from the command line.
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