# Contributing to rig

## Contribution guide

This project has adopted the [Collective Code Construction Contract
(C4.2)](https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:42) for contributing. Please read it
before sending patches.

### Additions to C4.2

1. This project uses the 3-Clause BSD license (see [LICENSE](LICENSE)).

2. Contributors are listed in the file [AUTHORS.md](AUTHORS.md). Add
yourself if you have contributed.

3. Please maintain the existing code style and try to keep your commits 
small and focused.

4. Please rebase your branch if the project diverges from your branch.

5. Before a pull request is merged the commits done on the feature branch
SHOULD be squashed into a single commit.

6. Changes are documented in the file [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md). Please
use the section `Unreleased` to note your changes.

## Release guide

The changes in the section `Unreleased` in the [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md)
file MUST be moved to a section named after the release and a new empty
`Unreleased` section MUST be created.

A release SHALL be accompanied by an annotated tag (`git tag -a NAME`) that
holds a description of the changes that are included in the release. This
description SHOULD be same as in the file [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).