Contributing

There are two items here: how to submit your patch for review (known as "pull requests" in the git world), and the red tape necessary before your first patch is accepted.

Submitting patches

The preferred way to submit patches for review is to use GitHub pull request feature.

You can read the official documentation to create pull requests: https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/

Red Tape

Python and Tulip are open source, and that brings along a small amount of red tape. Before we can accept contributions you must agree to the Python Software Foundation's Contributor Agreement: http://www.python.org/psf/contrib/contrib-form/. Fortunately signing it once covers all your current and future contributions to Python and Tulip (and any other software covered by the PSF license). Do beware that if your contribution was created on your employer's behalf the rules are different, and your manager has to sign.