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Contributing to Select2
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Looking to contribute something to Select2? **Here's how you can help.**
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Please take a moment to review this document in order to make the contribution
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process easy and effective for everyone involved.
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Following these guidelines helps to communicate that you respect the time of
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the developers managing and developing this open source project. In return,
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they should reciprocate that respect in addressing your issue or assessing
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patches and features.
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Using the issue tracker
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When [reporting bugs][reporting-bugs] or
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[requesting features][requesting-features], the
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[issue tracker on GitHub][issue-tracker] is the recommended channel to use.
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The issue tracker **is not** a place for support requests. The
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[mailing list][mailing-list] or [IRC channel][irc-channel] are better places to
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get help.
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Reporting bugs with Select2
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We really appreciate clear bug reports that _consistently_ show an issue
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_within Select2_.
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The ideal bug report follows these guidelines:
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1. **Use the [GitHub issue search][issue-search]**  — Check if the issue
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   has already been reported.
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2. **Check if the issue has been fixed**  — Try to reproduce the problem
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   using the code in the `master` branch.
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3. **Isolate the problem**  — Try to create an
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   [isolated test case][isolated-case] that consistently reproduces the problem.
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Please try to be as detailed as possible in your bug report, especially if an
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isolated test case cannot be made. Some useful questions to include the answer
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to are:
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- What steps can be used to reproduce the issue?
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- What is the bug and what is the expected outcome?
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- What browser(s) and Operating System have you tested with?
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- Does the bug happen consistently across all tested browsers?
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- What version of jQuery are you using? And what version of Select2?
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- Are you using Select2 with other plugins?
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All of these questions will help people fix and identify any potential bugs.
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Requesting features in Select2
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Select2 is a large library that carries with it a lot of functionality. Because
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of this, many feature requests will not be implemented in the core library.
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Before starting work on a major feature for Select2, **contact the
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[community][community] first** or you may risk spending a considerable amount of
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time on something which the project developers are not interested in bringing
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into the project.
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### Select2 4.0
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Many feature requests will be closed off until 4.0, where Select2 plans to adopt
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a more flexible API.  If you are interested in helping with the development of
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the next major Select2 release, please send a message to the
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[mailing list][mailing-list] or [irc channel][irc-channel] for more information.
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Triaging issues and pull requests
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Anyone can help the project maintainers triage issues and review pull requests.
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### Handling new issues
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Select2 regularly receives new issues which need to be tested and organized.
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When a new issue that comes in that is similar to another existing issue, it
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should be checked to make sure it is not a duplicate.  Duplicates issues should
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be marked by replying to the issue with "Duplicate of #[issue number]" where
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`[issue number]` is the url or issue number for the existing issue.  This will
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allow the project maintainers to quickly close off additional issues and keep
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the discussion focused within a single issue.
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If you can test issues that are reported to Select2 that contain test cases and
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confirm under what conditions bugs happen, that will allow others to identify
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what causes a bug quicker.
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### Reviewing pull requests
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It is very common for pull requests to be opened for issues that contain a clear
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solution to the problem.  These pull requests should be rigorously reviewed by
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the community before being accepted.  If you are not sure about a piece of
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submitted code, or know of a better way to do something, do not hesitate to make
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a comment on the pull request.
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It should also be made clear that **all code contributed to Select** must be
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licensable under the [Apache 2 or GPL 2 licenses][licensing].  Code that cannot
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be released under either of these licenses **cannot be accepted** into the
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project.
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[community]: https://github.com/ivaynberg/select2#community
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[reporting-bugs]: #reporting-bugs-with-select2
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[requesting-features]: #requesting-features-in-select2
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[issue-tracker]: https://github.com/ivaynberg/select2/issues
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[mailing-list]: https://github.com/ivaynberg/select2#mailing-list
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[irc-channel]: https://github.com/ivaynberg/select2#irc-channel
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[issue-search]: https://github.com/ivaynberg/select2/search?q=&type=Issues
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[isolated-case]: http://css-tricks.com/6263-reduced-test-cases/
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[licensing]: https://github.com/ivaynberg/select2#copyright-and-license
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