# Contributing to Eclipse C/C++ Development Tools

Thanks for your interest in this project.

## Project description

The Eclipse CDT Project provides a fully functional C and C++ Integrated
Development Environment based on the Eclipse platform. Features include: support
for project creation and managed build for various toolchains, standard make
build, source navigation, various source knowledge tools, such as type
hierarchy, call graph, include browser, macro definition browser, code editor
with syntax highlighting, folding and hyperlink navigation, source code
refactoring and code generation, visual debugging tools, including memory,
registers, and disassembly viewers.

* https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/tools.cdt

## Developer resources

### Building CDT

The recommended flow for most users is to follow instructions on [getting started with CDT development](https://wiki.eclipse.org/Getting_started_with_CDT_development).

For information on building CDT from the command line using maven, refer to the [README](README.md)'s Command-line Build instructions with Maven section.


Additional information is available on:

* https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt-infra/wiki
* https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/tools.cdt/developer

The project maintains the following source code repositories

* https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/cdt/org.eclipse.cdt
* https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/cdt/org.eclipse.cdt.edc
* http://git.eclipse.org/c/cdt/org.eclipse.cdt.master.git
* https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/cdt/org.eclipse.launchbar
* https://git.eclipse.org/r/plugins/gitiles/cdt/org.eclipse.tools.templates
* https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt-gdb-adapter
* https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt-gdb-vscode
* https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt-vscode
* https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt-infra

This project uses Bugzilla to track ongoing development and issues.

* Search for issues: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?product=CDT
* Create a new report: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=CDT

Be sure to search for existing bugs before you create another one. Remember that
contributions are always welcome!

## Eclipse Contributor Agreement

Before your contribution can be accepted by the project team contributors must
electronically sign the Eclipse Contributor Agreement (ECA).

* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/ECA.php

Commits that are provided by non-committers must have a Signed-off-by field in
the footer indicating that the author is aware of the terms by which the
contribution has been provided to the project. The non-committer must
additionally have an Eclipse Foundation account and must have a signed Eclipse
Contributor Agreement (ECA) on file.

For more information, please see the Eclipse Committer Handbook:
https://www.eclipse.org/projects/handbook/#resources-commit

## Contact

Contact the project developers via the project's "dev" list.

* https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cdt-dev