| # How to Contribute | |
| We'd love to accept your patches and contributions to this project. There are | |
| just a few small guidelines you need to follow. | |
| ## Contributor License Agreement | |
| Contributions to this project must be accompanied by a Contributor License | |
| Agreement (CLA). You (or your employer) retain the copyright to your | |
| contribution; this simply gives us permission to use and redistribute your | |
| contributions as part of the project. Head over to | |
| <https://cla.developers.google.com/> to see your current agreements on file or | |
| to sign a new one. | |
| You generally only need to submit a CLA once, so if you've already submitted one | |
| (even if it was for a different project), you probably don't need to do it | |
| again. | |
| ## Code Reviews | |
| All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review. We | |
| use GitHub pull requests for this purpose. Consult | |
| [GitHub Help](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/) for more | |
| information on using pull requests. | |
| ## Coding style | |
| The Dart source code in this repo follows the: | |
| * [Dart style guide](https://dart.dev/guides/language/effective-dart/style) | |
| You should familiarize yourself with those guidelines. | |
| ## File headers | |
| All files in the Dart project must start with the following header; if you add a | |
| new file please also add this. The year should be a single number stating the | |
| year the file was created (don't use a range like "2011-2012"). Additionally, if | |
| you edit an existing file, you shouldn't update the year. | |
| // Copyright (c) 2023, the Dart project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file | |
| // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a | |
| // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file. | |
| ## Community Guidelines | |
| This project follows | |
| [Google's Open Source Community Guidelines](https://opensource.google/conduct/). | |
| We pledge to maintain an open and welcoming environment. For details, see our | |
| [code of conduct](https://dart.dev/code-of-conduct). |