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# How to submit a bug report

If you received an error message, please include it and any exceptions.

We commonly need to know what platform you are on:
 * JDK/JRE version (i.e., ```java -version```)
 * Operating system (i.e., ```uname -a```)

# How to contribute

We definitely welcome patches and contributions to Census! Here are some
guideline and information about how to do so.

## Before getting started

In order to protect both you and ourselves, you will need to sign the
[Contributor License Agreement](https://cla.developers.google.com/clas).

We follow the [Google Java Style
Guide](https://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javaguide.html). Our
build automatically will provide warnings for style issues.
[Eclipse](https://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/eclipse-java-google-style.xml)
and
[IntelliJ](https://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/intellij-java-google-style.xml)
style configurations are commonly useful. For IntelliJ 14, copy the style to
`~/.IdeaIC14/config/codestyles/`, start IntelliJ, go to File > Settings > Code
Style, and set the Scheme to `GoogleStyle`.

## Proposing changes

Make sure that `bazel build :all` completes successfully without any new warnings.
Then create a Pull Request with your changes. When the changes are accepted, they
will be merged or cherry-picked by a Census core developer.