Submitting pull requests

When submitting pull request(s) (PR) please consider the following:

• PRs should generally be based on master, unless specifically meant for another branch.

• It's recommended to make changes in branches (e.g. create a feature/bugfix branch based on the current master branch and start working from there) instead of committing directly to master, because a fork's master branch will diverge when the next SWS version is released.

• Don't hesitate to squash commits to keep the history clean. Amending commits and rewriting branch history is fine until the PR is merged.

• SWS is built targeting macOS 10.5. C++11 syntax and features can be used, but the use of standard library is limited to what's available in macOS 10.5's libstdc++.

• It's suggested required to update the whatsnew.txt, if you add / fix something, see Format of the whatsnew.txt The entries for whatsnew.txt are now taken from the commit messages of the PRs, so it's no longer necessary to also update the whatsnew.txt when submitting a PR.

• If you address Open issues with your PRs put a keyword (such as 'fixes #[issue number]', 'closes #[issue number]') in your commit message or PR comment, so issues will get auto closed when PRs are merged into 'master'.