# Contribution guidelines
First off, thank you for considering contributing to delta.
If your contribution is not straightforward, please first discuss the change you
wish to make by creating a new issue before making the change.
## Developing
### Set up
This is no different than other Rust projects.
```shell
git clone https://github.com/dandavison/delta/
cd delta
cargo build --release
```
The executable is then at `./target/release/delta`.
### Useful Commands
- Run all tests:
```shell
make test
```
- Run Clippy:
```shell
cargo clippy
```
- Check to see if there are code formatting issues
```shell
cargo fmt -- --check
```
- Format the code in the project
```shell
cargo fmt
```
- Debug build
A "debug" build can be built using `cargo build` and
`./target/debug/delta`. This is faster to compile, but has much worse
performance than the release build.