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Update CONTRIBUTING.md with information about DCO (#7397)
* Update CONTRIBUTING.md with information about DCO References: #7389 More information: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/community-relations/code-contributor-program/#developer-certificate-of-origin-dco * Update CONTRIBUTING.md Co-Authored-By: zeripath <art27@cantab.net>
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- [Translation](#translation)
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- [Code review](#code-review)
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- [Styleguide](#styleguide)
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- [Sign-off your work](#sign-off-your-work)
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- [Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)](#developer-certificate-of-origin-dco)
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- [Release Cycle](#release-cycle)
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- [Maintainers](#maintainers)
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- [Owners](#owners)
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creates (a default AWS or GCE disk size won't work -- see
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[#6243](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/6243)).
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- Change into the base directory of your copy of the gitea repository,
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and run `drone exec --local --build-event pull_request`.
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and run `drone exec --event pull_request`.
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The drone version, command line, and disk requirements do change over
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time (see [#4053](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/4053) and
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## Sign-off your work
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## Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO)
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The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the
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patch. Your signature certifies that you wrote the patch or otherwise
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have the right to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules are
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pretty simple: If you can certify [DCO](DCO), then you just add a line
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to every git commit message:
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We consider the act of contributing to the code by submitting a Pull
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Request as the "Sign off" or agreement to the certifications and terms
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of the [DCO](DCO) and [MIT license](LICENSE). No further action is required.
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Additionally you could add a line at the end of your commit message.
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```
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Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@email.com>
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Please use your real name; we really dislike pseudonyms or anonymous
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contributions. We are in the open-source world without secrets. If you
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set your `user.name` and `user.email` git configs, you can sign-off your
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commit automatically with `git commit -s`.
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If you set your `user.name` and `user.email` git configs, you can add the
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line to the end of your commit automatically with `git commit -s`.
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We assume in good faith that the information you provide is legally binding.
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## Release Cycle
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