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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d9cb111810 --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +If you want to hack on the GTK+ project, you'll need to have the development +tools appropriate for your operating system, including: + + - Python (2.7 or 3.x) + - Meson + - Ninja + - Gettext (19.7 or newer) + - a C99 compatible compiler + +Up-to-date instructions about developing GNOME applications and libraries +can be found here: + + https://developer.gnome.org + +Information about using git with GNOME can be found here: + + https://wiki.gnome.org/Git + +In order to get Git GTK+ installed on your system, you need to have the +required versions of all the GTK+ dependencies; typically, this means a +recent version of GLib, Cairo, Pango, and ATK. + +**Note**: if you plan to push changes to back to the master repository and +have a GNOME account, you want to use the following instead: + +```sh +$ git clone ssh://<username>@git.gnome.org/git/gtk+ +``` + +To compile the Git version of GTK+ on your system, you will need to +configure your build using Meson: + +```sh +$ meson _builddir . +``` + +For information about submitting patches and pushing changes to Git, see the +`README.md` and `README.commits` files. In particular, don't, under any +circumstances, push anything to Git before reading and understanding +`README.commmits`. |