1*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich# Contributing to Bazel 2*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich 3*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich## Contributor License Agreement 4*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich 5*ef3a692cSMatthias MaennichContributions to this project must be accompanied by a Contributor License 6*ef3a692cSMatthias MaennichAgreement. You (or your employer) retain the copyright to your contribution, 7*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennichthis simply gives us permission to use and redistribute your contributions as 8*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennichpart of the project. Head over to <https://cla.developers.google.com/> to see 9*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennichyour current agreements on file or to sign a new one. 10*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich 11*ef3a692cSMatthias MaennichYou generally only need to submit a CLA once, so if you've already submitted one 12*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich(even if it was for a different project), you probably don't need to do it 13*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennichagain. 14*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich 15*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich## Patch Acceptance Process 16*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich 17*ef3a692cSMatthias MaennichThe process is described in the [README for this repository](README.md). For 18*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennichbackground, you should also understand how to 19*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich[contribute to Bazel](https://bazel.build/contributing.html). 20*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich 21*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich## Setting up your development environment 22*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich 23*ef3a692cSMatthias MaennichRead how to 24*ef3a692cSMatthias Maennich[set up your development environment](https://bazel.build/contributing.html). 25