fluidsynth/CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing

Thanks for considering to contribute to FluidSynth. Before implementing any huge new feature, consider bringing up your ideas on our mailing list: https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-dev

Contributing can be done by

• submitting pull requests on Github or
• submitting patches to the mailing list.

Patches should be created with git format-patch, so in every case you should be familiar with the basics of git. Make sure you develop against the master branch, i.e. not against any FluidSynth release.

Some things that will increase the chance that your pull request or patch is accepted:

• Give a reasoning / motivation for any changes or proposals you make.
• Follow our style guide.
• Keep your commits "atomic".
• Write meaningful commit messages.

Style Guide

Find FluidSynth's style guide below. Syntax related issues, like missing braces, can be taken care of by calling make format (provided that cmake has found astyle on your system).

General

• Every function should have a short comment explaining it's purpose
• Every public API function must be documented with purpose, params and return value
• Prefer signed integer types to unsigned ones
• Use spaces rather than tabs
• Avoid macros

Naming Conventions

• Words separated by underscores
• Macros always UPPER_CASE
• Function and Variable names always lower_case, (e.g. fluid_componentname_purpose())

Bracing

• Every block after an if, else, while or for should be enclosed in braces
• Allman-Style braces everywhere