Help is always appreciated!
To get started, you can try :ref:`building-from-source` in order to familiarize yourself with the components of Solidity and the build process. Also, it may be useful to become well-versed at writing smart-contracts in Solidity.
In particular, we need help in the following areas:
- Improving the documentation
- Responding to questions from other users on StackExchange and the Solidity Gitter
- Fixing and responding to Solidity's GitHub issues
To report an issue, please use the GitHub issues tracker. When reporting issues, please mention the following details:
- Which version of Solidity you are using
- What was the source code (if applicable)
- Which platform are you running on
- How to reproduce the issue
- What was the result of the issue
- What the expected behaviour is
Reducing the source code that caused the issue to a bare minimum is always very helpful and sometimes even clarifies a misunderstanding.
In order to contribute, please fork off of the develop branch and make your
changes there. Your commit messages should detail why you made your change
in addition to what you did (unless it is a tiny change).
If you need to pull in any changes from develop after making your fork (for
example, to resolve potential merge conflicts), please avoid using git merge
and instead, git rebase your branch.
Additionally, if you are writing a new feature, please ensure you write appropriate
Boost test cases and place them under test/.
However, if you are making a larger change, please consult with the Gitter channel, first.
Finally, please make sure you respect the coding standards for this project. Also, even though we do CI testing, please test your code and ensure that it builds locally before submitting a pull request.
Thank you for your help!