- We generally follow the Sun/Oracle coding standards.
- No tabs; use 4 spaces instead.
- No trailing whitespaces.
- No CRLF line endings, LF only, put your gits 'core.autocrlf' on 'true'.
- The number of commits in a pull request should be kept to a minimum (squish them into one most of the time - use common sense!).
- No merges should be included in pull requests unless the pull request's purpose is a merge.
- Pull requests should be tested (does it compile? AND does it work?) before submission.
- Any major additions should have documentation ready and provided if applicable (this is usually the case).
- Try to follow test driven development where applicable.
squashing commits -- http://gitready.com/advanced/2009/02/10/squashing-commits-with-rebase.html