# Before you submit

## Licensing
Smolbote is licensed under GPLv3. Your code needs to be compatible with it, and
have a license header.

A sample GPLv3 header is included in docs/header-gpl3.txt

The provided pre-commit hook uses the following regular expression to check for
a license:
```ruby
/Copyright\s\(C\)\s(\d{4}\s*-\s*){0,1}(#{Time.now.year})/
```

## Style
Please use the [One True Brace style](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indent_style#Variant:_1TBS_.28OTBS.29).
Tabs are 4 spaces.

For ease of use, you can set the following astyle configuration:
```
--style=otbs
--attach-namespaces
--attach-inlines
--indent=spaces=4
```

## Format patch for email
```sh
git format-patch hash
```
where _hash_ is the commit immediately prior to the commit or series of commits 
you want to submit.

Attach the patch file and email it to _aqua at iserlohn-fortress.net_. If
possible, GPG sign the email.