Contribute code

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Patches

If you find a bug in this project or would like to make an enhancement, please be encouraged to contribute a patch by following these instructions.

Commit access

Anyone can contribute code patches to this project. Project collaborators and regular patch contributors will be given access to commit directly to the git code repository.

Contributor's Agreement

In order to accept any patches or code commits, contributors must first sign the Archivematica Contributor's Agreement.

Standards

Code Style Guide For Archivematica

Archivematica follows common Python coding standards, notably

PEP8 for styling
- Exception is line length, which should be wrapped at 79 characters or left long for the IDE to wrap.
- Imports are sorted alphabetically within their grouping to reduce duplicate imports
PEP257 for docstring structure
- Parameters and return values should be specified in Sphinx-style.

We encourage installing a Python linter to help with this. flake8 is recommended because it wraps three common linters (pep8, pyflakes, mccabe).

Install instructions for SublimeLinter-flake8

File Structure

The file structure in Archivematica will comply with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS).
More information on this standard is available at:
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/