If you find something incorrect or incomplete in our docs, let us know. For new topics, large updates to existing docs, or general suggestions and ideas, create an issue in the docs repository. If you want to make minor updates to existing docs, open a pull request to the develop branch. We first merge pull requests to the develop branch for staging before we merge to the master branch for publishing.
If you contribute to the Open Liberty docs by opening a pull request, sign your work. The sign-off is a line at the end of the commit message that certifies that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to pass it on as an open source patch. The process is simple: if you can certify the following information (from developercertificate.org):
Developer Certificate of Origin
Version 1.1
Copyright (C) 2004, 2006 The Linux Foundation and its contributors.
660 York Street, Suite 102,
San Francisco, CA 94110 USA
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
license document, but changing it is not allowed.
Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
have the right to submit it under the open source license
indicated in the file; or
(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
license and I have the right under that license to submit that
work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
in the file; or
(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
it.
(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
this project or the open source license(s) involved.then add a line to the end of the Git commit message:
Signed-off-by: Jane Williams <jane.williams@gmail.com>Use your real name when you sign. We can’t accept pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.
Many Git UI tools have support for adding the Signed-off-by line to the end of your commit message. This line can be automatically added by the git commit command by using the -s option.
Thanks to Bndtools for the wording on this sign-off process.