| Title: How can I help? |
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| ## How Can I Help? |
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| Every volunteer project gets its strength from its participants. We invite |
| everybody to participate in Cayenne. If you are willing to help, |
| this can be done in many different ways, by: |
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| * contributing code |
| * contributing documentation |
| * helping others on the mailing list |
| * using Cayenne and reporting issues or missing features |
| * suggesting your own ideas on the mailing list and contributing code |
| implementing them |
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| If you want to contribute to Cayenne, first you should subscribe |
| to the [developer mailing list](mailing-lists.html) to see what issues are discussed and to |
| communicate with the project team. |
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| Next, clone the git source and make your changes. You can submit a patch in standard diff format and attach it to our Jira task tracker, or more easily you can use [github](https://github.com/apache/cayenne) to fork the project and submit a [Pull Request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/). |
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| Don't forget to also raise your issue on the Cayenne mailing list or make a ticket in Jira, since we may not notice your pull request. |
