Mark Cooper created this short guide to submitting an ArchivesSpace pull request. Information on forking repositories and creating pull requests in general is also available from Github.
Preparation
Developers new to ArchivesSpace are advised to review the Technical Documentation:
http://archivesspace.github.io/archivesspace
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Finally, make a pull request at github.
For more information on smart commits (referencing JIRA) refer to: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/processing-jira-software-issues-with-smart-commit-messages-298979931.html
Bringing a branch up to date
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