## Contributing to commitizen

First of all, thank you for taking the time to contribute! 🎉

When contributing to [commitizen](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen), please first create an [issue](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen/issues) to discuss the change you wish to make before making a change.

If you're a first-time contributor, you can check the issues with [good first issue](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22) tag.

## Before making a pull request

1. Fork [the repository](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen).
2. Clone the repository from your GitHub.
3. Setup development environment through [poetry](https://python-poetry.org/) (`poetry install`).
4. Setup [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/) hook (`pre-commit install -t pre-commit -t pre-push -t commit-msg`)
5. Check out a new branch and add your modification.
6. Add test cases for all your changes.
   (We use [CodeCov](https://codecov.io/) to ensure our test coverage does not drop.)
7. Use [commitizen](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen) to do git commit.
8. Run `./scripts/format` and `./scripts/test` to ensure you follow the coding style and the tests pass.
9. Update `README.md` and `CHANGELOG.md` for your changes.
10. Send a [pull request](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen/pulls) 🙏