Contributing ============ Quick Links for Contributing ---------------------------- - Compiling and building OBS Studio: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/wiki/Install-Instructions - Our bug tracker: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/issues - Discord Server: https://obsproject.com/discord - Development chat: #development on the Discord server (see above) - Development forum: https://obsproject.com/forum/list/general-development.21/ - Developer/API Documentation: https://obsproject.com/docs - To contribute language translations, do not make pull requests. Instead, use crowdin. Read here for more information: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/how-to-contribute-translations-for-obs.16327/ Coding Guidelines ----------------- - OBS Studio uses kernel normal form (linux variant), for more information, please read here: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst - Avoid trailing spaces. To view trailing spaces before making a commit, use "git diff" on your changes. If colors are enabled for git in the command prompt, it will show you any whitespace issues marked with red. - Tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment. Tabs are treated as 8 columns wide. - 80 columns max Commit Guidelines ----------------- - OBS Studio uses the 50/72 standard for commits. 50 characters max for the title (excluding module prefix), an empty line, and then a full description of the commit, wrapped to 72 columns max. See this link for more information: http://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/ - Make sure commit titles are always in present tense, and are not followed by punctuation. - Prefix each commit's titles with the module name, followed by a colon and a space (unless modifying a file in the base directory). After that, the first word should be capitalized. So for example, if you are modifying the obs-ffmpeg plugin:: obs-ffmpeg: Fix bug with audio output Or for libobs:: libobs: Fix source not displaying Note: When modifying cmake modules, just prefix with "cmake". - If you still need examples, please view the commit history.