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Contributing to MapComplete
===========================
Hi! Thanks for checking out how to contribute to MapComplete!
There are multiple ways to contribute:
- Translating MapComplete to your own language can be done on [this website](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/mapcomplete/)
- If you encounter a bug, the [issue tracker](https://github.com/pietervdvn/MapComplete/issues) is the place to be
- If you want to improve a theme, create a new theme, spot a typo in the repo... the best way is to open a pull request.
People who stick around and contribute in a meaningful way, _might_ be granted write access to the repository. This is done on a purely subjective basis, e.g. after a few pull requests and if you are a member of the OSM community.
Rights of contributors
======================
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If a contributor is quite active within MapComplete, this contributor might be granted access to the main repository.
If you have access to the repository, you can make a fork of an already existing branch and push this new branch to
If you have write access to the repository, you can make a fork of an already existing branch and push this new branch to
github. This means that this branch will be _automatically built_ and be **deployed**
to `https://pietervdvn.github.io/mc/<branchname>`. You can see the deploy process
on [Github Actions](https://github.com/pietervdvn/MapComplete/actions). Don't worry about pushing too much. These
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soon as master is changed, this is built and deployed on `mapcomplete.osm.be`, which a lot of people use. An error there
will cause a lot of grieve.
A push on `develop` is automatically deployed to [pietervdvn.github.io/mc/develop] and is used by quite some people to.
People using this version should know that this is a testing ground for new features and might contain a bug every now
A push on `develop` is automatically deployed to [pietervdvn.github.io/mc/develop] which is used by quite some contributors.
However, people using this version should know that this is a testing ground for new features and might contain a bug every now
and then.
In other words, to get your theme deployed on the main instances, you'll still have to create a pull request. The