1If you have a bugfix or new feature that you would like to contribute to
2elasticsearch-py, please find or open an issue about it first. Talk about what
3you would like to do. It may be that somebody is already working on it, or that
4there are particular issues that you should know about before implementing the
5change.
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7We enjoy working with contributors to get their code accepted. There are many
8approaches to fixing a problem and it is important to find the best approach
9before writing too much code.
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11The process for contributing to any of the Elasticsearch repositories is similar.
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131. Please make sure you have signed the [Contributor License
14   Agreement](http://www.elastic.co/contributor-agreement/). We are not
15   asking you to assign copyright to us, but to give us the right to distribute
16   your code without restriction. We ask this of all contributors in order to
17   assure our users of the origin and continuing existence of the code. You only
18   need to sign the CLA once.
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202. Run the test suite to ensure your changes do not break existing code:
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22    ````
23    python setup.py test
24    ````
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26   See the README file in `test_elasticsearch` directory for more information on
27   running the test suite.
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293. Rebase your changes.
30   Update your local repository with the most recent code from the main
31   elasticsearch-py repository, and rebase your branch on top of the latest master
32   branch. We prefer your changes to be squashed into a single commit.
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344. Submit a pull request. Push your local changes to your forked copy of the
35   repository and submit a pull request. In the pull request, describe what your
36   changes do and mention the number of the issue where discussion has taken
37   place, eg “Closes #123″.  Please consider adding or modifying tests related to
38   your changes.
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40Then sit back and wait. There will probably be a discussion about the pull
41request and, if any changes are needed, we would love to work with you to get
42your pull request merged into elasticsearch-py.
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