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Change-Id: If20b695acedc6d1b49c8d9fb64efd6b6ba23f4a9
Signed-off-by: Douglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@arm.com>

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+Contributing to ARM Trusted Firmware
+====================================
+
+Getting Started
+---------------
+
+-  Make sure you have a `GitHub account`_.
+-  Create an `issue`_ for your work if one does not already exist. This gives
+   everyone visibility of whether others are working on something similar. ARM
+   licensees may contact ARM directly via their partner managers instead if
+   they prefer.
+
+   -  Note that the `issue`_ tracker for this project is in a separate
+      `issue tracking repository`_. Please follow the guidelines in that
+      repository.
+   -  If you intend to include Third Party IP in your contribution, please
+      raise a separate `issue`_ for this and ensure that the changes that
+      include Third Party IP are made on a separate topic branch.
+
+-  `Fork`_ `arm-trusted-firmware`_ on GitHub.
+-  Clone the fork to your own machine.
+-  Create a local topic branch based on the `arm-trusted-firmware`_ ``master``
+   branch.
+
+Making Changes
+--------------
+
+-  Make commits of logical units. See these general `Git guidelines`_ for
+   contributing to a project.
+-  Follow the `Linux coding style`_; this style is enforced for the ARM Trusted
+   Firmware project (style errors only, not warnings).
+
+   -  Use the checkpatch.pl script provided with the Linux source tree. A
+      Makefile target is provided for convenience (see section 2 in the
+      `User Guide`_).
+
+-  Keep the commits on topic. If you need to fix another bug or make another
+   enhancement, please create a separate `issue`_ and address it on a separate
+   topic branch.
+-  Avoid long commit series. If you do have a long series, consider whether
+   some commits should be squashed together or addressed in a separate topic.
+-  Make sure your commit messages are in the proper format. If a commit fixes
+   a GitHub `issue`_, include a reference (e.g.
+   "fixes arm-software/tf-issues#45"); this ensures the `issue`_ is
+   `automatically closed`_ when merged into the `arm-trusted-firmware`_ ``master``
+   branch.
+-  Where appropriate, please update the documentation.
+
+   -  Consider whether the `User Guide`_, `Porting Guide`_, `Firmware Design`_ or
+      other in-source documentation needs updating.
+   -  Ensure that each changed file has the correct copyright and license
+      information. Files that entirely consist of contributions to this
+      project should have the copyright notice and BSD-3-Clause SPDX license
+      identifier as shown in `license.rst`_. Files that contain
+      changes to imported Third Party IP should contain a notice as follows,
+      with the original copyright and license text retained:
+
+      ::
+
+          Portions copyright (c) [XXXX-]YYYY, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+
+      where XXXX is the year of first contribution (if different to YYYY) and
+      YYYY is the year of most recent contribution.
+   -  If not done previously, you may add your name or your company name to
+      the `Acknowledgements`_ file.
+   -  If you are submitting new files that you intend to be the technical
+      sub-maintainer for (for example, a new platform port), then also update
+      the `Maintainers`_ file.
+   -  For topics with multiple commits, you should make all documentation
+      changes (and nothing else) in the last commit of the series. Otherwise,
+      include the documentation changes within the single commit.
+
+-  Please test your changes. As a minimum, ensure UEFI boots to the shell on
+   the Foundation FVP. See `Running the software on FVP`_ for more information.
+
+Submitting Changes
+------------------
+
+-  Ensure that each commit in the series has at least one ``Signed-off-by:``
+   line, using your real name and email address. The names in the
+   ``Signed-off-by:`` and ``Author:`` lines must match. If anyone else contributes
+   to the commit, they must also add their own ``Signed-off-by:`` line.
+   By adding this line the contributor certifies the contribution is made under
+   the terms of the `Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)`_.
+-  Push your local changes to your fork of the repository.
+-  Submit a `pull request`_ to the `arm-trusted-firmware`_ ``integration`` branch.
+
+   -  The changes in the `pull request`_ will then undergo further review and
+      testing by the `Maintainers`_. Any review comments will be made as
+      comments on the `pull request`_. This may require you to do some rework.
+
+-  When the changes are accepted, the `Maintainers`_ will integrate them.
+
+   -  Typically, the `Maintainers`_ will merge the `pull request`_ into the
+      ``integration`` branch within the GitHub UI, creating a merge commit.
+   -  Please avoid creating merge commits in the `pull request`_ itself.
+   -  If the `pull request`_ is not based on a recent commit, the `Maintainers`_
+      may rebase it onto the ``master`` branch first, or ask you to do this.
+   -  If the `pull request`_ cannot be automatically merged, the `Maintainers`_
+      will ask you to rebase it onto the ``master`` branch.
+   -  After final integration testing, the `Maintainers`_ will push your merge
+      commit to the ``master`` branch. If a problem is found during integration,
+      the merge commit will be removed from the ``integration`` branch and the
+      `Maintainers`_ will ask you to create a new pull request to resolve the
+      problem.
+   -  Please do not delete your topic branch until it is safely merged into
+      the ``master`` branch.
+
+--------------
+
+*Copyright (c) 2013-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.*
+
+.. _GitHub account: https://github.com/signup/free
+.. _issue: https://github.com/ARM-software/tf-issues/issues
+.. _issue tracking repository: https://github.com/ARM-software/tf-issues
+.. _Fork: https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo
+.. _arm-trusted-firmware: https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware
+.. _Git guidelines: http://git-scm.com/book/ch5-2.html
+.. _Linux coding style: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/CodingStyle
+.. _User Guide: ./docs/user-guide.rst
+.. _automatically closed: https://help.github.com/articles/closing-issues-via-commit-messages
+.. _Porting Guide: ./docs/porting-guide.rst
+.. _Firmware Design: ./docs/firmware-design.rst
+.. _license.rst: ./license.rst
+.. _Acknowledgements: ./acknowledgements.rst
+.. _Maintainers: ./maintainers.rst
+.. _Running the software on FVP: ./docs/user-guide.rst#user-content-running-the-software-on-fvp
+.. _Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO): ./dco.txt
+.. _pull request: https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests