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@@ -22,6 +22,37 @@ Authors: Sanjay Ghemawat (sanjay@google.com) and Jeff Dean (jeff@google.com) * Only a single process (possibly multi-threaded) can access a particular database at a time. * There is no client-server support builtin to the library. An application that needs such support will have to wrap their own server around the library. +# Contributing to the leveldb Project +The leveldb project welcomes contributions. leveldb's primary goal is to be +a reliable and fast key/value store. Changes that are in line with the +features/limitations outlined above, and meet the requirements below, +will be considered. + +Contribution requirements: + +1. **POSIX only**. We _generally_ will only accept changes that are both + compiled, and tested on a POSIX platform - usually Linux. Very small + changes will sometimes be accepted, but consider that more of an + exception than the rule. + +2. **Stable API**. We strive very hard to maintain a stable API. Changes that + require changes for projects using leveldb _might_ be rejected without + sufficient benefit to the project. + +3. **Tests**: All changes must be accompanied by a new (or changed) test, or + a sufficient explanation as to why a new (or changed) test is not required. + +## Submitting a Pull Request +Before any pull request will be accepted the author must first sign a +Contributor License Agreement (CLA) at https://cla.developers.google.com/. + +In order to keep the commit timeline linear +[squash](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#Squashing-Commits) +your changes down to a single commit and [rebase](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rebase) +on google/leveldb/master. This keeps the commit timeline linear and more easily sync'ed +with the internal repository at Google. More information at GitHub's +[About Git rebase](https://help.github.com/articles/about-git-rebase/) page. + # Performance Here is a performance report (with explanations) from the run of the |