From 5cd44c7593deb31d7a44ab5b2447ac1b64026294 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: buffet <niclas@countingsort.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:55:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added contributing.adoc

---
 CONTRIBUTING.adoc | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 README.adoc       |  1 +
 2 files changed, 67 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.adoc

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b71ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+Contribution Guidelines
+=======================
+
+*Note*: contributing implies that your contributions get licensed under the terms of link:LICENSE[LICENSE] (MPL 2.0).
+
+Opening issues
+--------------
+
+. Make sure you have a GitHub account.
+. Include steps to reproduce, if it is a bug.
+. Include information on what version you are using.
+
+Submit changes
+--------------
+
+Commit messages should be both _clear_ and _descriptive_. If possible they should start with the _verb_ that describes the change.
+Don't be shy to include additional information, like motivation, for that change below the initial line.
+
+Other developers should be able to understand _why_ a change occurred, when looking at it at a later point in time.
+
+Coding Style
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Make sure you adhere to the coding style, or your pull request might not get merged.
+
+. Use blocks even when just putting a single statement
++
+This makes it easier to add more lines later, and we avoid two other discussions. This also doesn't break when you use a macro that expands to multiple statements.
+
+. When things are related, use an `enum`.
++
+Should be common sense. Seen too much code without it though.
+
+. Comment `// FALLTHROUGH`, `// EMPTY` and `// NOTREACHED` where applicable
++
+Explicit is better than implicit.
+
+. Don't test against booleans or `NULL`.
++
+Use the not operator instead.
+
+. Test against numbers
++
+Don't abuse that `0` is falsey.
+
+. Put headers in this order
+.. `#include "file.h"`
+.. Standard lib headers
+.. POSIX headers
+.. Library headers
+.. Own stuff
+
+. Put blocks of headers in alphabetical order
++
+If not possible comment which header requires the out-of-order one.
+
+. Use clang-format
++
+This should auto-format the rest: `find . -iname '*.c' -o '*.h' | xargs clang-format -i`.
+
+Why am I this pedantic?
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+I hate it when I look at code written by 10 people and I see 15 different coding styles, and got to wrap my head around every single one. I don't really care _what_ is used, but it needs to be consistent.
+
+That said, if anything is unclear or I missed something feel free to open an issue.
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 1cc1cc0..9b3fd76 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ You want to contribute? Great!
 
 Future requests, bug reports and PRs are always welcome.
 Note that pull requests without a valid issue are ignored to decrease the amount of duplicate work.
+Also read file:CONTRIBUTING.adoc[CONTRIBUTING.adoc].
 
 If anything is unclear, feel free to contact me.