FAQ #50: How can I contribute to DCMTK?

[Pedro ArizpeGomez]

Contributing to DCMTK
DCMTK is an open source project. As such, we are always open to suggestions, ideas for improvement and concrete contributions to DCMTK.

Please email these to info/at/dcmtk/dot/org

(There are many ways to contribute to open source projects, see: https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/)

For CODE or DOCUMENTATION contributions:

If you want to contribute code to DCMTK software, or help us improve the software documentation, please follow these instructions:

• Checkout the latest version of DCMTK

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  git clone https://git.dcmtk.org/dcmtk LOCALFOLDER
  cd LOCALFOLDER
  

  • if you already did, please still make sure that your git is up-to-date by running (while inside the directory):

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    git pull

• Make/insert your changes.
  • FOR CODE CONTRIBUTIONS:
    Please make sure that you follow the DCMTK coding guidelines:
    1. In German: https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/proje ... infuehrung (currently under review)
    2. In English: https://support.dcmtk.org/redmine/proje ... owto_Intro (currently under review)
• Create a patch

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  git format-patch origin/master

  (this will create a .patch file on the directory where you cloned dcmtk)
• email the patch to info/at/dcmtk/dot/org.
• In your email, don't forget to mention WHAT you did, HOW you did it and most importantly WHY.
• Pull requests on GitHub are not (yet) monitored, but you could also send us an email with the link to the pull request