things you should know about contributing:

1.  API changes require discussion, use cases, etc. Code comes later.
2.  Pull requests are great for small fixes for bugs, documentation, etc.
3.  Pull requests are not merged directly into the master branch.
4.  Code contributions require signing a Google CLA.

API changes
-----------

We make changes to Guava's public [APIs][], including adding new APIs, very

2. Accept the changes.\
If you are sure that the changes are intentional, follow the steps described in the report.
This includes adding the description of the changes to the `accepted-public-api-changes.json` file, and providing a reason for each change.
You can add the changes to any place in the file, e.g. at the top.

3. Make sure the file with accepted changes is sorted.\

Making and Submitting Changes
--------------

We accept Pull Requests via GitHub. The [developer mailing list][dev-ml-list] is the
main channel of communication for contributors.  
There are some guidelines which will make applying PRs easier for us:
+ Create a topic branch from where you want to base your work (this is usually the master branch).
  Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.

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### Create your feature branch

Before making code changes, make sure you create a separate branch for these changes

```
git checkout -b my-new-feature
```

### Test MinIO server changes

After your code changes, make sure

- To add test cases for the new code. If you have questions about how to do it, please ask on our [Slack](https://slack.min.io) channel.
- To run `make verifiers`

1. What version of Go are you using (`go version`)?
2. What operating system and processor architecture are you using?
3. What did you do?
4. What did you expect to see?
5. What did you see instead?

For change proposals, see [Proposing Changes To Go](https://go.dev/s/proposal-process).

## Contributing code

Please read the [Contribution Guidelines](https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html) before sending patches.

```
./gradlew clean check
```

Please make every effort to follow existing conventions and style in order to keep the code as
readable as possible.

Contribute code changes through GitHub by forking the repository and sending a pull request. We
squash all pull requests on merge.


Gradle Setup
------------

```
$ cat local.properties
sdk.dir=PATH_TO_ANDROID_HOME/sdk

    changes to be made to PR to pass quality checks and send it back or on a
    rare occasion we may reject it.

**3. Review**

-   For a valid PR, reviewer (person familiar with the code/functionality)
    checks if the PR looks good or needs additional changes.
-   If all looks good, the reviewer will approve the PR.
-   If a change is needed, the contributor is requested to make the suggested

sure your code compiles by running `./gradlew check`. Checkstyle failures
during compilation indicate errors in your style and can be viewed in the
`checkstyle-result.xml` file.

Some general advice

- Don’t change public API lightly, avoid if possible, and include your reasoning in the PR if essential.  It causes pain for developers who use OkHttp and sometimes runtime errors.