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<h1>How to Contribute</h1>
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<td><strong>Registering</strong></td>
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To contribute to the Public Depot, you'll need to become a
registered user. To apply, please send email to
<a href="mailto:opensource@perforce.com">opensource@perforce.com</a>,
describing the tools, scripts, or documents you'd like to contribute.
You must provide your full name, which
we will use to assign your Perforce user ID.
(E.g., if your name is Sammy Davis, Jr, your user ID in the Perforce
Public Depot will be <code><strong>sammy_davis_jr</strong></code>.)
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<td><strong>Client Setup</strong></td>
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If you're not already using Perforce, you'll need a Perforce client
program for your development platform. Go to our
<a href="http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html">downloads page</a>
and download the client for your platform.</li>
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Follow the instructions in the <a href="tutorial.html">tutorial</a>
to set up a client workspace with a guest branch view for yourself.
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<td><strong>Submitting Files</strong></td>
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You are free to submit any files or changes to your guest branch.
If you're new to Perforce, see the <a href="tutorial.html">tutorial</a> for a
guided example of how to work on files.
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When you have something in your guest branch that is completed and
ready to be integrated into the public branch, please email
the curator of the project you're targeting. Curators
are listed in the <code><strong>index.html</strong></code> files at the
top level of each project (see the Depot Roadmap, above).
The curator will review your files and integrate them into
the public branch.
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<td><strong>Notes on Access Permissions</strong></td>
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There are two depots in the Public Depot:
<code><strong>//public</strong></code> and
<code><strong>//guest</strong></code>.
All users, registered or not, have read access to
all files in both depots.
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<li>All users have read access to all changelist descriptions,
user specs, client specs, etc.
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Only registered users have write access, and only to
the files in his/her guest branch. (That is, you can only submit
files in the
<code><strong>//guest/your_name</strong></code> path.)
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Only Perforce staff, and "curators" designated by Perforce
staff, have write access to files in the
<code><strong>//public</strong></code> depot.
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<td><strong>More Information</strong></td>
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All registered users should read the
<a href="tutorial.html">Public Depot Tutorial</a>.
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Users new to Perforce should visit our
<a href="http://www.perforce.com/perforce/technical.html">Technical Documentation</a> page.
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| # | Change | User | Description | Committed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #5 | 9981 | laurette | Obsolete, deleting. | ||
| #4 | 6283 | Sam Stafford | Update redirects to use new short URLs. | ||
| #3 | 6276 | Sam Stafford | Change old pages to http://public.perforce.com/wiki/ redirects. | ||
| #2 | 6026 | rlo |
Public depot fixes: * Titles formatted similarly * Navbar changed and shortened * Change review taken out of navbar * Links fixed |
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| #1 | 6025 | rlo |
Public Depot Redesign goes live * Skin matches KB and latest WWW skin * Rudimentary search mechanism based on google * did this already, but made some big mistakes and it was easier to obliterate and start over * about the above: yikes! |