Contributing

Sova welcomes contributions to its source code from anyone in the community, no matter how small the fix or upgrade may be. If you're interested in contributing, you can start by forking the GitHub repository, making your fix or improvement, committing the changes, and then submitting a pull request for the maintainers to review and merge into the main code base. However, if you plan on submitting more complex changes, it's recommended to check in with the core developers on the Sova Github Issues first to ensure that your changes align with the project's philosophy and to get some early feedback that can make the review and merge process smoother for both parties.

It's important that your contributions adhere to Sova coding guidelines, which include:

• Following the official Rust formatting and commentary guidelines,

• Basing pull requests on the main branch,

• CI/CD checks passing (tests, linting, formatting, etc.)

We encourage an early pull request approach, where contributors create pull requests as early as possible, even if the fix or feature is not yet completed. This approach lets core developers and other volunteers know that someone is working on the issue and allows for more collaborative and efficient development. These early pull requests should indicate that they are "in progress". If you contribute to this project, your contributions will be made to the project under both Apache 2.0 and the MIT license.