Prerequisites

• Git, you should have an understanding of git and basic git operations
• Linux development environment. All development is to be done on Linux. You should have some sort of Linux development environment. Whether it is a VM or WSL
• Makefiles. Know what Makefiles are, and how to read one
• A Github account that is added to the UWOrbital GitHub org. If not, message leads.
• Some general understanding of the system and how to code

Building The Repository

1. Clone the repo down to Linux
2. Run the command make potentially with some argument to build the repo

Development

1. Create a branch with your name, and a short description on your topic, so we know who owns what branch and in general which branch is for what topic
2. Make your changes on the branch
3. Test it
4. Push and make a PR
5. You can also ping a lead on discord for your PR

PR review process

• Anyone can review PRs, and everyone should review PRs if they have the time, the more the better
• Only leads can approve PRs for merging. 99% of the time that is going to be @Chad Zhao who approves PRs
• Once a PR is approved, a lead will press the merge button and it will be done