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    <h2>Guide to making dygraphs changes</h2>

    <p>So you've made a change to dygraphs and would like to contribute it back
    to the open source project. Wonderful! This is a step-by-step guide
    explaining how to do it.</p>

    <p>The list of steps may look a bit daunting, but it's not too bad,
    especially if you have any familiarity with git or github. If you run into
    any problems while following the instructions, feel free to contact
    dygraphs-users.</p>

    <p>Why not just take patches? This process means less work for me (the
    maintainer) and it also results in your name appearing in the list of
    dygraphs commits. This lets you take credit for your work.</p>

    <ol>
      <li>Create an account on <a href="http://github.com">github</a>. This is
      free, painless and will let you claim credit for your changes.

      <li>Install git. github has a good writeup <a
        href="http://help.github.com/git-installation-redirect">here</a>.

      <li>Create a fork of the dygraphs repository on github by
      clicking <a href="https://github.com/danvk/dygraphs">this link</a> and
      then the "Fork" button.

      <li>You should see a URL along the lines of
      <code>git@github.com:yourname/dygraphs.git</code><br/>Copy this, open up a
      terminal and run<br/>
      <pre>git clone git@github.com:yourname/dygraphs.git</pre> This
      pulls the dygraphs code down onto your local disk.

      <li>cd into the dygraphs directory and make your changes.<br/>
      If you've already got them somewhere else, just copy them over.<br/>
      I try to adhere to Google's <a
        href="http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javascriptguide.xml">
        JS style guide</a> and would appreciate it if you try to as well.

      <li>Be a good citizen!
        <ul>
          <li>If you've added a new feature, add a test for it (in the tests/
          directory).
          <li>If you've added a new option, add it to the list of options on the
          documentation page (docs/index.html).
        </ul>
        You'll have to do this before I accept your changes, so you may as well
        do it now

      <li>Commit your changes locally: run
        <pre>git add .
git commit</pre>
      Type in a description of your change. This will
      eventually appear in the dygraphs <a
        href="https://github.com/danvk/dygraphs/commits/master">commit list</a>.

      <li>Push your changes to github by running <pre>git push</pre>This will
        send your changes to your forked repository on github.

      <li>Go to your fork of dygraphs on github (i.e.
      github.com/yourname/dygraphs).<br/>
      Click the "Pull Request" button.<br/>
      This will send me an email with a pointer to your changes.

      <li>I'll review your changes and (unless your code is perfect!) give you
      some feedback. Make these suggested changes in your local git client and
      re-run "git commit" and "git push" so that I can see them.

      <li>Once your change is ready, I'll pull it into the main dygraphs
      repository and publish it to the web.
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	3	<title>dygraphs input types</title>
	4	<style type="text/css">
	5	code { white-space: pre; border: 1px dashed black; display: inline; }
	6	pre { white-space: pre; border: 1px dashed black; }
	7	body { max-width: 800px; }
	8	ol > li { padding: 5px; }
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	10	</head>
	11	<body>
	12	<h2>Guide to making dygraphs changes</h2>
	13
	14	<p>So you've made a change to dygraphs and would like to contribute it back
	15	to the open source project. Wonderful! This is a step-by-step guide
	16	explaining how to do it.</p>
	17
	18	<p>The list of steps may look a bit daunting, but it's not too bad,
	19	especially if you have any familiarity with git or github. If you run into
	20	any problems while following the instructions, feel free to contact
	21	dygraphs-users.</p>
	22
	23	<p>Why not just take patches? This process means less work for me (the
	24	maintainer) and it also results in your name appearing in the list of
	25	dygraphs commits. This lets you take credit for your work.</p>
	26
	27	<ol>
	28	<li>Create an account on <a href="http://github.com">github</a>. This is
	29	free, painless and will let you claim credit for your changes.
	30
	31	<li>Install git. github has a good writeup <a
	32	href="http://help.github.com/git-installation-redirect">here</a>.
	33
	34	<li>Create a fork of the dygraphs repository on github by
	35	clicking <a href="https://github.com/danvk/dygraphs">this link</a> and
	36	then the "Fork" button.
	37
	38	<li>You should see a URL along the lines of
	39	<code>git@github.com:yourname/dygraphs.git</code><br/>Copy this, open up a
	40	terminal and run<br/>
	41	<pre>git clone git@github.com:yourname/dygraphs.git</pre> This
	42	pulls the dygraphs code down onto your local disk.
	43
	44	<li>cd into the dygraphs directory and make your changes.<br/>
	45	If you've already got them somewhere else, just copy them over.<br/>
	46	I try to adhere to Google's <a
	47	href="http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javascriptguide.xml">
	48	JS style guide</a> and would appreciate it if you try to as well.
	49
	50	<li>Be a good citizen!
	51	<ul>
	52	<li>If you've added a new feature, add a test for it (in the tests/
	53	directory).
	54	<li>If you've added a new option, add it to the list of options on the
	55	documentation page (docs/index.html).
	56	</ul>
	57	You'll have to do this before I accept your changes, so you may as well
	58	do it now
	59
	60	<li>Commit your changes locally: run
	61	<pre>git add .
	62	git commit</pre>
	63	Type in a description of your change. This will
	64	eventually appear in the dygraphs <a
	65	href="https://github.com/danvk/dygraphs/commits/master">commit list</a>.
	66
	67	<li>Push your changes to github by running <pre>git push</pre>This will
	68	send your changes to your forked repository on github.
	69
	70	<li>Go to your fork of dygraphs on github (i.e.
	71	github.com/yourname/dygraphs).<br/>
	72	Click the "Pull Request" button.<br/>
	73	This will send me an email with a pointer to your changes.
	74
	75	<li>I'll review your changes and (unless your code is perfect!) give you
	76	some feedback. Make these suggested changes in your local git client and
	77	re-run "git commit" and "git push" so that I can see them.
	78
	79	<li>Once your change is ready, I'll pull it into the main dygraphs
	80	repository and publish it to the web.
	81	</ol>
	82	</body>
	83	</html>