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-## Contributing
+# How to contribute to syzkaller
+
+## Guidelines
If you want to contribute to the project, feel free to send a pull request.
Before sending a pull request you need to [sign Google CLA](https://cla.developers.google.com/) (if you don't a bot will ask you to do that)
-and add yourself to [AUTHORS](../AUTHORS)/[CONTRIBUTORS](../CONTRIBUTORS) files (in case this is your first pull request to syzkaller).
+and add yourself to [AUTHORS](/AUTHORS)/[CONTRIBUTORS](/CONTRIBUTORS) files (in case this is your first pull request to syzkaller).
Some guildelines to follow:
- Prepend each commit with a `package:` prefix, where `package` is the package/tool this commit changes (look at examples in the [commit history](https://github.com/google/syzkaller/commits/master))
- Rebase your pull request onto the master branch before submitting
-- If you're asked to add some fixes to your pull requested, please squash them into the commit being fixed
+- If you're asked to add some fixes to your pull requested, please squash the new commits with the old ones
+
+## What to work on
Extending/improving [system call descriptions](syscall_descriptions.md) is always a good idea.
-If you want to work on something non-trivial, please briefly describe it on the [syzkaller@googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/syzkaller) mailing list first so that there is agreement on high level approach and no duplication of work between contributors.
+
+Unassigned issues from the [bug tracker](https://github.com/google/syzkaller/issues) are worth doing, but some of them might be complicated.
+
+If you want to work on something non-trivial, please briefly describe it on the [syzkaller@googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/syzkaller) mailing list first,
+so that there is agreement on high level approach and no duplication of work between contributors.