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1# Contributing3We'd love to accept your code patches! However, before we can take them, we4have to jump a couple of legal hurdles.6## Contributor License Agreements8Please fill out either the individual or corporate Contributor License9Agreement as appropriate.11* If you are an individual writing original source code and you're sure you12own the intellectual property, then sign an [individual CLA](https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual).13* If you work for a company that wants to allow you to contribute your work,14then sign a [corporate CLA](https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/corporate).16Follow either of the two links above to access the appropriate CLA and17instructions for how to sign and return it.19## Submitting a Patch211. Sign the contributors license agreement above.222. Decide which code you want to submit. A submission should be a set of changes23that addresses one issue in the [issue tracker](https://github.com/google/leveldb/issues).24Please don't mix more than one logical change per submission, because it makes25the history hard to follow. If you want to make a change26(e.g. add a sample or feature) that doesn't have a corresponding issue in the27issue tracker, please create one.283. **Submitting**: When you are ready to submit, send us a Pull Request. Be29sure to include the issue number you fixed and the name you used to sign30the CLA.32## Writing Code ##34If your contribution contains code, please make sure that it follows35[the style guide](http://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html).36Otherwise we will have to ask you to make changes, and that's no fun for anyone.
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