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+Coding standards
+----------------
+
+Contributed code should roughly follow [OpenBSD style][1]. For Emacs,
+I am using the following snippet to get the appropriate indentation:
+
+ (c-add-style
+ "openbsd"
+ '("bsd"
+ (c-basic-offset . 8)
+ (c-tab-width . 8)
+ (fill-column . 80)
+ (indent-tabs-mode . t)
+ (c-offsets-alist . ((defun-block-intro . +)
+ (statement-block-intro . +)
+ (statement-case-intro . +)
+ (statement-cont . *)
+ (substatement-open . *)
+ (substatement . +)
+ (arglist-cont-nonempty . *)
+ (inclass . +)
+ (inextern-lang . 0)
+ (knr-argdecl-intro . +)))))
+
+Important stuff is to use tabulations. Each tabulation has a width of
+8 characters. This limits excessive nesting. Try to respect the 80
+columns limit if possible.
+
+Opening braces are on the same line, except for functions where they
+are on their own lines. Closing braces are always on their own
+lives. Return type for functions are on their own lines too:
+
+ int
+ main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ {
+ /* [...] */
+ }
+
+[1]: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=style&sektion=9
+
+Submitting patches
+------------------
+
+Patches against git tip are preferred. Please, clone the repository:
+
+ git clone https://github.com/lldpd/lldpd.git
+
+Do any modification you need. Commit the modifications with a
+meaningful message:
+
+ 1. Use a descriptive first-line.
+
+ 2. Prepend the first line with the name of the subsystem modified
+ (`lldpd`, `lib`, `client`) or something a bit more precise.
+
+ 3. Don't be afraid to put a lot of details in the commit message.
+
+Use `git format-patch` to get patches to submit:
+
+ git format-patch origin/master
+
+Feel free to use `git send-email` which is like `git format-patch` but
+will propose to directly send patches by email. You can also open a
+[pull request][2] on Github.
+
+[2]: https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests