## Contributing

If you have any questions, bug reports, ideas or if you want to
give some kind of feedback, feel free to open a [new issue](https://github.com/stnolting/neorv32/issues/new/choose)
or start a new [discussion](https://github.com/stnolting/neorv32/discussions). Also look out for issues and pull requests labeled with
[![help-wanted](https://img.shields.io/badge/-help%20wanted-brightgreen)](https://github.com/stnolting/neorv32/labels/help%20wanted) and
[![good-first-issue](https://img.shields.io/badge/-good%20first%20issue-purple)](https://github.com/stnolting/neorv32/labels/good%20first%20issue);
the latter one might be a good starting point for newcomers and beginners

> [!NOTE]
> Please note that we have a [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/stnolting/neorv32/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
Please follow it in all your interactions with this project.

### Contributing Process

Here is a simple guide line if you'd like to contribute code modifications to this project:

1. [Fork](https://github.com/stnolting/neorv32/fork) this repository and clone the fork: `git clone https://github.com/stnolting/neorv32.git`
2. In your local copy, create a feature branch: `git checkout -b awesome_new_feature_branch`
3. Create a new _remote_ for the upstream repo: `git remote add upstream https://github.com/stnolting/neorv32`
4. Commit your modifications: `git commit -m "Awesome new feature!"`
5. Push to the branch: `git push origin awesome_new_feature_branch`
6. Create a new [pull request](https://github.com/stnolting/neorv32/pulls); please make sure that your feature branch is up-to-date
with the project's `main` branch; we will review your request as soon as possible!
7. If you like, discuss / show-case your work on the project's [discussion board](https://github.com/stnolting/neorv32/discussions).

If your merge request modifies the code base in a significant way (something more than just a typo fix) please also update
the version identifier (increment the least-significant number) and add an according change log entry
(see [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/stnolting/neorv32/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) for more information).

> [!TIP]
> If possible, use [labels](https://github.com/stnolting/neorv32/labels)
to categorize your issue, discussion thread or merge request.
