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+.. _build:
+
+Documentation
+=============
+
+As most software projects we also have a lack in documentation. We encourage
+every VyOS user to help us improve our documentation. This will not only be
+benefical four you (when reading something up) but also for the whole world.
+
+If you are willing to contribute to our documentation this is the definate
+guid how to do so.
+
+Guide
+-----
+
+Updates to our documentation should be delivered by a GitHub pull-request. In
+order to create a pull-request you need to fork our documentation code first.
+This requires you already have a GitHub account.
+
+1. Fork the project on GitHub https://github.com/vyos/vyos-documentation/fork
+2. Clone your fork to your local machine
+ ```shell
+ $ git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/vyos-documentation
+ ```
+3. Change to your new local directory vyos-documentation
+4. Create a new branch for your work. You can use a name that describes what
+ you do
+ ```shell
+ $ git checkout -b fix-vxlan-typo
+ ```
+5. Make all your changes - please keep out commit rules in mind. This mainly
+ applies to a proper commit message describing your change. Please check the
+ documentation if you aren't familiar with
+ [sphinx-doc](http://http://www.sphinx-doc.org) or
+ [reStructuredText](http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/index.html)
+
+ Note the following RFCs, which describe the reserved public IP addresses and
+ autonomous system numbers for the documentation: RFC5737_, RFC3849_,
+ RFC5389_ and RFC7042_:
+
+ * 192.0.2.0/24
+ * 198.51.100.0/24
+ * 203.0.113.0/24
+ * 2001:db8::/32
+ * 16bit ASN: 64496 - 64511
+ * 32bit ASN: 65536 - 65551
+ * Unicast MAC Addresses: 00-53-00 to 00-53-FF
+ * Multicast MAC-Addresses: 90-10-00 to 90-10-FF
+
+ Please don't use other public address space.
+
+6. Check your changes by locally building the documentation
+ ```shell
+ $ cd docs; make html
+ ```
+ Sphinx will build the html files in the ``docs/_build`` folder
+
+7. Add modified files to Git index
+ ```shell
+ $ git add path/to/filname
+ ```
+ or add all unstaged files
+ ```shell
+ $ git add .
+ ````
+
+8. Commit your changes
+ ```shell
+ $ git commit -m "rename vxlan set syntax"
+ ```
+
+9. Push your commits to your GitHub project:
+ ```shell
+ $ git push -u origin fix-vxlan-typo
+ ```
+
+10. Submit pull-request.
+ In GitHub visit the main repository and you should see a banner suggesting
+ to make a pull request. Fill out the form and describe what you do.
+
+11. Once pull resquests have been approved, you may want to locally update your
+ forked repository too. First you'll have to add the remote upstream
+ repository.
+
+ ```shell
+ $ git remote add upstream https://github.com/vyos/vyos-documentation.git
+ ```
+
+ Check your configured remote repositories.
+ ```shell
+ $ git remote -v
+ origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/vyos-documentation.git (fetch)
+ origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/vyos.documentation.git (push)
+ upstream https://github.com/vyos/vyos-documentation.git (fetch)
+ upstream https://github.com/vyos/vyos-documentation.git (push)
+ ```
+
+ Your remote repo on Github is called Origin, while the original repo you
+ have forked is called Upstream.
+
+ Now you can locally update your forked repo.
+ ```shell
+ $ git fetch upstream
+ $ git checkout master
+ $ git merge upstream/master
+ ```
+
+ If you want to update your fork on GitHub, too use the following:
+
+ ```shell
+ $ git push origin master
+ ```
+
+.. _RFC5737: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5737
+.. _RFC3849: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3849
+.. _RFC5389: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5398
+.. _RFC7042: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7042
+
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.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
+ contributing/build-vyos
contributing/issues_features
contributing/development
contributing/vyos_cli
contributing/coding_guidelines
contributing/upstream-packages
- contributing/build-vyos
-
+ contribution/documentation
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