revanced-patches/CONTRIBUTING.md

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Continuing the legacy of Vanced

👋 Contribution guidelines

This document describes how to contribute to ReVanced Patches.

📖 Resources to help you get started

  • The documentation contains the fundamentals of ReVanced Patcher and how to use ReVanced Patcher to create patches
  • Our backlog is where we keep track of what we're working on
  • Issues are where we keep track of bugs and feature requests

🙏 Submitting a feature request

Features can be requested by opening an issue using the Feature request issue template.

Note Requests can be accepted or rejected at the discretion of maintainers of ReVanced Patches. Good motivation has to be provided for a request to be accepted.

🐞 Submitting a bug report

If you encounter a bug while using ReVanced Patches, open an issue using the Bug report issue template.

🧑‍⚖️ Guidelines for requesting or contributing patches

To maintain a high-quality and ethical collection of patches, the following guidelines for requesting or contributing patches are effective as of September 14, 2023. Any patches present prior to this date are unaffected by this change.

Note We generally adhere to the guidelines outlined below. However, we may make exceptions in specific cases based on our discretion. Pull requests for patches that deviate from the guidelines will be evaluated individually. While a patch may not align with our general guidelines, we will consider its acceptance on a case-by-case basis, taking into account its impact on user experience and ethical considerations. We reserve the right to make exceptions for patches that provide significant value.

Examples for acceptable patches include:

  • Customizations: Feel free to contribute patches that allow users to personalize their experience
  • Ad-Blocking: Patches aimed at enhancing user privacy and blocking intrusive advertisements are appreciated
  • Feature additions: Patches that add new features or change behaviour to the app are welcome

Examples for unacceptable patches include:

  • Payment circumvention: We do not accept patches that exist solely to bypass payment for the app or any of its features
  • Malicious patches: Patches that are malicious in nature are not allowed

📝 How to contribute

  1. Before contributing, it is recommended to open an issue to discuss your change with the maintainers of ReVanced Patches. This will help you determine whether your change is acceptable and whether it is worth your time to implement it
  2. Development happens on the dev branch. Fork the repository and create your branch from dev
  3. Commit your changes. In case you are contributing a new patch, make sure to follow the conventions for patches described in the documentation
  4. Submit a pull request to the dev branch of the repository and reference issues that your pull request closes in the description of your pull request
  5. Our team will review your pull request and provide feedback. Once your pull request is approved, it will be merged into the dev branch and will be included in the next release of ReVanced Patches

❤️ Thank you for considering contributing to ReVanced Patches, ReVanced