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# Contributing to Rust
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[contributing-to-rust]: #contributing-to-rust
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Thank you for your interest in contributing to Rust! There are many ways to
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contribute, and we appreciate all of them. This document is a bit long, so here's
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[coc]: https://www.rust-lang.org/conduct.html
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## Feature Requests
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[feature-requests]: #feature-requests
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To request a change to the way that the Rust language works, please open an
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issue in the [RFCs repository](https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/issues/new)
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must go through the RFC process.
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## Bug Reports
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[bug-reports]: #bug-reports
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While bugs are unfortunate, they're a reality in software. We can't fix what we
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don't know about, so please report liberally. If you're not sure if something
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```
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## The Build System
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[the-build-system]: #the-build-system
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Rust's build system allows you to bootstrap the compiler, run tests &
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benchmarks, generate documentation, install a fresh build of Rust, and more.
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[bootstrap]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/bootstrap/
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### Configuration
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[configuration]: #configuration
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Before you can start building the compiler you need to configure the build for
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your system. In most cases, that will just mean using the defaults provided
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`./configure` - you may need to delete it for `config.toml` to work.
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### Building
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[building]: #building
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Dependencies
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- [build dependencies](README.md#building-from-source)
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- `gdb` 6.2.0 minimum, 7.1 or later recommended for test builds
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The build system uses the `x.py` script to control the build process. This script
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is used to build, test, and document various parts of the compiler. You can
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They are still available, but `x.py` is the recommended build system.
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### Useful commands
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[useful-commands]: #useful-commands
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Some common invocations of `x.py` are:
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code.
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### Using your local build
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[using-local-build]: #using-local-build
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If you use Rustup to manage your rust install, it has a feature called ["custom
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toolchains"][toolchain-link] that you can use to access your newly-built compiler
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rustdoc and libstd, which will allow rustdoc to be run with that toolchain.)
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## Pull Requests
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[pull-requests]: #pull-requests
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Pull requests are the primary mechanism we use to change Rust. GitHub itself
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has some [great documentation][pull-requests] on using the Pull Request feature.
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[here](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-wiki-backup/blob/master/Note-testsuite.md).
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### External Dependencies
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[external-dependencies]: #external-dependencies
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Currently building Rust will also build the following external projects:
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in the `config.toml` to prevent `x.py` from resetting to the original branch.
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## Writing Documentation
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[writing-documentation]: #writing-documentation
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Documentation improvements are very welcome. The source of `doc.rust-lang.org`
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is located in `src/doc` in the tree, and standard API documentation is generated
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verify that the HTML is right.
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## Issue Triage
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[issue-triage]: #issue-triage
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Sometimes, an issue will stay open, even though the bug has been fixed. And
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sometimes, the original bug may go stale because something has changed in the
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[rfcbot]: https://github.com/dikaiosune/rust-dashboard/blob/master/RFCBOT.md
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## Out-of-tree Contributions
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[out-of-tree-contributions]: #out-of-tree-contributions
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There are a number of other ways to contribute to Rust that don't deal with
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this repository.
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[community-library]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/labels/A-community-library
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## Helpful Links and Information
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[helpful-info]: #helpful-info
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For people new to Rust, and just starting to contribute, or even for
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more seasoned developers, some useful places to look for information
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README.md
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[Rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org
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## Quick Start
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[quick-start]: #quick-start
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Read ["Installation"] from [The Book].
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[The Book]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/index.html
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## Building from Source
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[building-from-source]: #building-from-source
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1. Make sure you have installed the dependencies:
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[Cargo]: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo
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### Building on Windows
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[building-on-windows]: #building-on-windows
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There are two prominent ABIs in use on Windows: the native (MSVC) ABI used by
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Visual Studio, and the GNU ABI used by the GCC toolchain. Which version of Rust
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build.
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#### MinGW
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[windows-mingw]: #windows-mingw
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[MSYS2][msys2] can be used to easily build Rust on Windows:
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```
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#### MSVC
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[windows-msvc]: #windows-msvc
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MSVC builds of Rust additionally require an installation of Visual Studio 2013
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(or later) so `rustc` can use its linker. Make sure to check the “C++ tools”
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```
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#### Specifying an ABI
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[specifying-an-abi]: #specifying-an-abi
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Each specific ABI can also be used from either environment (for example, using
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the GNU ABI in powershell) by using an explicit build triple. The available
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section.
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### Configure and Make
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[configure-and-make]: #configure-and-make
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While it's not the recommended build system, this project also provides a
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configure script and makefile (the latter of which just invokes `x.py`).
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`config.mk` file.
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## Building Documentation
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[building-documentation]: #building-documentation
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If you’d like to build the documentation, it’s almost the same:
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`build\x86_64-pc-windows-msvc\doc`.
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## Notes
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[notes]: #notes
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Since the Rust compiler is written in Rust, it must be built by a
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precompiled "snapshot" version of itself (made in an earlier state of
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[CONTRIBUTING.md]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
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## Getting Help
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[getting-help]: #getting-help
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The Rust community congregates in a few places:
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[users.rust-lang.org]: https://users.rust-lang.org/
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## Contributing
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[contributing]: #contributing
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To contribute to Rust, please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md).
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[#rust-beginners]: irc://irc.mozilla.org/rust-beginners
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## License
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[license]: #license
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Rust is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT license
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and the Apache License (Version 2.0), with portions covered by various
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