From e0ce0b54dfdf5df24df8d59374f2e579fa724c4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kurt Jung <kurt.w.jung@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 12:56:16 -0400
Subject: Add section on contributing changes to gofpdf

---
 README.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 doc.go    | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 mkdoc     |  5 +++++
 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 352bbc3..aed9a5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,6 +129,25 @@ The [draw2d](https://github.com/llgcode/draw2d) package is a two dimensional
 vector graphics library that can generate output in different forms. It uses
 gofpdf for its document production mode.
 
+##Contributing Changes
+
+
+gofpdf is a global community effort and you are invited to make it even better.
+If you have implmented a new feature or corrected a problem, please consider
+contributing your change to the project. Here are guidelines for making
+submissions. Your change should
+
+* be compatible with the MIT License
+* be properly documented
+* include an example in [fpdf_test.go](https://github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf/blob/master/fpdf_test.go) if appropriate
+* conform to the standards of [golint](https://github.com/golang/lint) and
+[go vet](https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/vet), that is, `golint .` and
+`go vet .` should not generate any warnings
+* not diminish [test coverage](https://blog.golang.org/cover)
+
+[Pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/) work
+nicely as a means of contributing your changes.
+
 ##License
 
 
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 818f434..86461ac 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -143,6 +143,28 @@ The draw2d package (https://github.com/llgcode/draw2d) is a two dimensional
 vector graphics library that can generate output in different forms. It uses
 gofpdf for its document production mode.
 
+Contributing Changes
+
+gofpdf is a global community effort and you are invited to make it even better.
+If you have implmented a new feature or corrected a problem, please consider
+contributing your change to the project. Here are guidelines for making
+submissions. Your change should
+
+• be compatible with the MIT License
+
+• be properly documented
+
+• include an example in fpdf_test.go if appropriate
+
+• conform to the standards of golint (https://github.com/golang/lint) and
+go vet (https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/vet), that is, `golint .` and
+`go vet .` should not generate any warnings
+
+• not diminish test coverage (https://blog.golang.org/cover)
+
+Pull requests (https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/) work
+nicely as a means of contributing your changes.
+
 License
 
 gofpdf is released under the MIT License. It is copyrighted by Kurt Jung and
diff --git a/mkdoc b/mkdoc
index 8dd3850..301c39f 100755
--- a/mkdoc
+++ b/mkdoc
@@ -11,5 +11,10 @@ cat README.md | tr '\n' '\v' | sed \
   -e 's/original.FPDF.library/original [FPDF](http:\/\/www.fpdf.org\/) library/g' \
   -e 's/\(Effective.Go\)/[\1](https:\/\/golang.org\/doc\/effective_go.html)/g' \
   -e 's/\(fpdf_test.go\)/[\1](https:\/\/github.com\/jung-kurt\/gofpdf\/blob\/master\/fpdf_test.go)/g' \
+  -e 's/golint.(\(https:\/\/github\.com\/golang\/lint\))/[golint](\1)/g' \
+  -e 's/go.vet.(\(https:\/\/godoc\.org\/golang\.org\/x\/tools\/cmd\/vet\))/[go vet](\1)/g' \
+  -e 's/test.coverage.(\(https:\/\/blog\.golang\.org\/cover\))/[test coverage](\1)/g' \
+  -e 's/Pull.requests.(\(https:\/\/help\.github\.com\/articles\/using\-pull\-requests\/\))/[Pull requests](\1)/g' \
+  -e 's/Your change should\v/Your change should\v\v/g' \
   | tr '\v' '\n' > 0 
 mv 0 README.md
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