Project: Daytona (App Definition and Development / Application Definition & Image Build)
File: CONTRIBUTING.md

The team at Daytona welcomes contributions from the community. There are many ways to get involved! You might find things that can be improved while you are using Daytona. You can help by when: Daytona crashes, or you encounter a bug that can only be resolved by restarting Daytona. An error occurs that is unrecoverable, causes workspace integrity problems or loss, or generally prevents you from using a workspace. A new feature or an enhancement to an existing feature will improve the utility or usability of Daytona. Before creating a new issue, please confirm that an existing issue doesn't already exist. You can engage with our community by: Helping other users on . Improving documentation Participating in general discussions about development and DevOps Authoring new Daytona Plugins and sharing those Plugins Authoring new dev containers and sharing examples You can contribute to Daytona by: Enhancing current functionality Fixing bugs Adding new features and capabilities Before starting your contribution, especially for core features, we encourage you to reach out to us on . This allows us to ensure that your proposed feature aligns with the project's roadmap and goals. Developers are the key to making Daytona the best tool it can be, and we value input from the community. We look forward to working with you to improve Daytona and make development environments as easy as possible for developers everywhere. Follow the following steps to ensure your contribution goes smoothly. Read and follow the steps outlined in the . Configure your development environment by either following the guide below. the GitHub Repository allowing you to make the changes in your own copy of the repository. Create a if one doesn't exist already. and ensure your commits are descriptive. The document contains an optional commit template, if desired. Ensure that you sign off on all your commits to comply with the DCO v1.1. We have more details in . Ensure that you have no lint errors. We use `golangci-lint` as our linter which you can install by following instructions found (or simply open Daytona in a Dev

You can check for linting errors by running `golangci-lint run` in the root of the project. Create a pull request on GitHub. If you're new to GitHub, read about . You are welcome to submit your pull request for commentary or review before it is complete by creating a . Please include specific questions or items you'd like feedback on. A member of the Daytona team will review your PR within three business days (excluding any holidays) and either merge, comment, and/or assign someone for review. Work with the reviewer to complete a code review. For each change, create a new commit and push it to make changes to your pull request. When necessary, the reviewer can trigger CI to run tests prior to merging. Once you believe your pull request is ready to be reviewed, ensure the pull request is no longer a draft by . The reviewer will look over your contribution and either approve it or provide comments letting you know if there is anything left to do. We try to give you the opportunity to make the required changes yourself, but in some cases, we may perform the changes ourselves if it makes sense to (minor changes or for urgent issues). We do our best to review PRs promptly, but complex changes could require more time. After completing your review, a Daytona team member will trigger merge to run all tests. Upon passing, your change will be merged into `main`, and your pull requests will be closed. All merges to `main` create a new release, and all final changes are attributed to you. Note: In some cases, we might decide that a PR should be closed without merging. We'll make sure to provide clear reasoning when this happens. Here is what being a contributor means for you: License all our contributions to the project under the Apache License, Version 2.0 Have the legal rights to license our contributions ourselves, or get permission to license them from our employers, clients, or others who may have them For more information, see the and feel free to reach out to us on .