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While the wiki has well-maintained info about many ways to contribute, this top-level file lacked the same level of polish. This is an attempt to summarize the contribution avenues, and increase the readability of the issue-reporting flow.
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# Contributing to VS Code
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Welcome, and thank you for your interest in contributing to VS Code!
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There are many ways that you can contribute, beyond writing code. The goal of this document is to provide a high-level overview of how you can get involved.
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## Asking Questions
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Have a question? Rather than opening an issue, please ask away on [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/vscode) using the tag `vscode`.
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The active community will be eager to assist you. Your well-worded question will serve as a resource to others searching for help.
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## Providing Feedback
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Your comments and feedback are welcome, and the development team is available via handful of different channels.
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See the [Feedback Channels](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Feedback-Channels) wiki page for details about how to share your thoughts.
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## Reporting Issues
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Have you identified a reproducible problem in VS Code? Have a feature request? We want to hear about it! Here's how you can make reporting your issue as effective as possible.
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### Identify Where to Report
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The VS Code project is distributed across multiple repositories. Try to file the issue against the correct repository. Check the list of [Related Projects](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Related-Projects) if you aren't sure which repo is correct.
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Can you recreate the issue even after [disabling all extensions](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/extension-gallery#_disable-an-extension)? If you find the issue is caused by an extension you have installed, please file an issue on the extension's repo directly.
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### Look For an Existing Issue
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Before you create a new issue, please do a search in [open issues](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues) to see if the issue or feature request has already been filed.
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Be sure to scan through the [most popular](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Afeature-request+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc) feature requests.
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If you find your issue already exists, make relevant comments and add your [reaction](https://github.com/blog/2119-add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments). Use a reaction in place of a "+1" comment:
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* 👍 - upvote
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* 👎 - downvote
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If you cannot find an existing issue that describes your bug or feature, create a new issue using the guidelines below.
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### Writing Good Bug Reports and Feature Requests
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File a single issue per problem and feature request. Do not enumerate multiple bugs or feature requests in the same issue.
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Do not add your issue as a comment to an existing issue unless it's for the identical input. Many issues look similar, but have different causes.
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The more information you can provide, the more likely someone will be successful reproducing the issue and finding a fix.
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Please include the following with each issue:
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* Version of VS Code
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* List of extensions that you have installed.
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* **Tip:** You can easily add the list of extensions by creating the issue using `Report Issues` from VS Code's Help menu
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* Reproducible steps (1... 2... 3...) that cause the issue
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* What you expected to see, versus what you actually saw
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* Images, animations, or a link to a video showing the issue occuring
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* A code snippet that demonstrates the issue or a link to a code repository the developers can easily pull down to recreate the issue locally
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* **Note:** Because the developers need to copy and paste the code snippet, including a code snippet as a media file (i.e. .gif) is not sufficient.
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* Errors from the Dev Tools Console (open from the menu: Help > Toggle Developer Tools)
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### Final Checklist
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Please remember to do the following:
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* [ ] Search the issue repository to ensure your report is a new issue
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* [ ] Recreate the issue after disabling all extensions
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* [ ] Simplify your code around the issue to better isolate the problem
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Don't feel bad if the developers can't reproduce the issue right away. They will simply ask for more information!
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### Follow Your Issue
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Once submitted, your report will go into the [issue tracking](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/Issue-Tracking) work flow. Be sure to understand what will happen next, so you know what to expect, and how to continue to assist throughout the process.
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## Automated Issue Management
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We use a bot to help us manage issues. This bot currently:
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* Automatically closes any issue marked `needs-more-info` if there has been no response in past 7 days.
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* Automatically locks 45 days after they are closed.
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If you believe the bot got something wrong, please open a new issue and let us know.
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## Contributing Fixes
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If you are interested in writing code to fix issues,
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please see [How to Contribute](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute) in the wiki.
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# Thank You!
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Your contributions to open source, large or small, make great projects like this possible. Thank you for taking the time to contribute.
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