# Contributing First of all, **thank you** for contributing! Here are a few rules to follow in order to ease code reviews and merging: - follow the coding standard of the project - run the test suite - write (or update) tests when applicable - write documentation for new features - use [commit messages that make sense](http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html) When creating your pull request on GitHub, please write a description which gives the context and/or explains why you are creating it.