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 | Contributions | 
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 | We welcome contributions to Ceres, whether they are new features, bug | 
 | fixes or tests. The Ceres mailing list [#f1]_ is the best place for | 
 | all development related discussions. Please consider joining it. If | 
 | you have ideas on how you would like to contribute to Ceres, it is a | 
 | good idea to let us know on the mailinglist before you start | 
 | development. We may have suggestions that will save effort when trying | 
 | to merge your work into the main branch. If you are looking for ideas, | 
 | please let us know about your interest and skills and we will be happy | 
 | to make a suggestion or three. | 
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 | We follow Google's C++ Style Guide [#f2]_ and use ``git`` for version | 
 | control. | 
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 | Gerrit Instructions | 
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 | TBD | 
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 | .. rubric:: Footnotes | 
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 | .. [#f1] http://groups.google.com/group/ceres-solver | 
 | .. [#f2] http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.xml |