The project embraces distributed development and if you'd like to help, we'll pay you -- find out more at Worklist.net. If you find a small bug and have a fix, pull requests are welcome. If you'd like to get paid for your work, make sure you report the bug via a job on Worklist.net.

We're hiring! We're looking for skilled developers; send your resume to hiring@highfidelity.io

Contributing
===
1. Fork the repository to your own GitHub account.
2. Clone your fork of the repository locally

  ```
  git clone git://github.com/USERNAME/hifi.git
  ```
3. Create a new branch
  
  ```
  git checkout -b new_branch_name 
  ```
4. Code
  * Follow the [coding standard](https://github.com/highfidelity/hifi/wiki/Coding-Standard)
5. Commit
  * Use [well formed commit messages](http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html)
6. Update your branch
  
  ```
  git remote add upstream https://github.com/highfidelity/hifi
  git pull upstream master
  ```
  
  Resolve any conflicts that arise with this step.
7. Push to your fork
  
  ```
  git push origin master
  ```
8. Submit a pull request
  *You can follow [GitHub's guide](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request) to find out how to create a pull request.*
  
Reporting Bugs
===
1. Always update to the latest code on master, it is possible the bug has already been fixed!
2. Search the [repository issues](https://github.com/highfidelity/hifi/issues) to make sure that somebody has not already reported the same bug.
3. Open an [issue on GitHub](https://github.com/highfidelity/hifi/issues) including information about your system and how to reproduce the bug.

Requesting a feature
===
1. Search the [repository issues](https://github.com/highfidelity/hifi/issues) to make sure that somebody has not already requested the same feature. If you find a matching request, feel free to add any additional comments to the existing issue.
2. Submit an [issue on GitHub](https://github.com/highfidelity/hifi/issues) that is tagged as a feature.