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+## Process used by committers to review and submit patches
+
+1. Make sure that there is an issue for the patch(s) you are about to commit in our [Jira issue tracker](http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT)
+
+1. Check out the latest version of the source code
+
+  * git clone https://github.com/apache/thrift.git thrift
+
+1. Apply the patch
+
+  * curl https://issues.apache.org/jira/... |git apply --ignore-space-change
+
+  or
+
+  * curl https://github.com/<GitHub User>/thrift/commit/<Commit ID>.patch |git apply --ignore-space-change
+
+
+1. Inspect the applied patch to ensure that all [Legal aspects on Submission of Contributions (Patches)](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html#contributions) are met
+
+1. Run the necessary unit tests and cross language test cases to verify the patch
+
+1. Commit the patch
+
+        git --config user.name "Your Name"
+        git --config user.email "YourApacheID@apache.org"
+        git add -A
+        git commit
+
+1. The commit message should be in the format:
+
+       THRIFT-####:<Jira description>
+       Client: <component>
+       Patch: <Name of person contributing the patch>
+
+       Description of what was fixed or addressed.
+
+       If this is a github pull request then add below comment to automaticaly close GitHub request, 
+	   where #NNNN is the PR number:
+       
+        This closes #NNNN
+
+
+1. Double check the patch committed and that nothing was missed then push the patch
+
+       git status
+       git show HEAD
+       git push origin master
+
+
+1. Resolve the jira issue and set the following for the changelog
+
+  * Component the patch is for
+  * fixVersion to the current version on master