github.com/carlanton/docker@v1.8.0-rc1/docs/project/make-a-contribution.md (about) 1 <!--[metadata]> 2 +++ 3 title = "Understand how to contribute" 4 description = "Explains basic workflow for Docker contributions" 5 keywords = ["contribute, maintainers, review, workflow, process"] 6 [menu.main] 7 parent = "smn_contribute" 8 +++ 9 <![end-metadata]--> 10 11 # Understand how to contribute 12 13 Contributing is a process where you work with Docker maintainers and the 14 community to improve Docker. The maintainers are experienced contributors 15 who specialize in one or more Docker components. Maintainers play a big role 16 in reviewing contributions. 17 18 There is a formal process for contributing. We try to keep our contribution 19 process simple so you'll want to contribute frequently. 20 21 22 ## The basic contribution workflow 23 24 In this guide, you work through Docker's basic contribution workflow by fixing a 25 single *beginner* issue in the `docker/docker` repository. The workflow 26 for fixing simple issues looks like this: 27 28 ![Simple process](/project/images/existing_issue.png) 29 30 All Docker repositories have code and documentation. You use this same workflow 31 for either content type. For example, you can find and fix doc or code issues. 32 Also, you can propose a new Docker feature or propose a new Docker tutorial. 33 34 Some workflow stages do have slight differences for code or documentation 35 contributions. When you reach that point in the flow, we make sure to tell you. 36 37 38 ## Where to go next 39 40 Now that you know a little about the contribution process, go to the next section 41 to [find an issue you want to work on](/project/find-an-issue/).