# Contribute

You're interested in contributing to StatsD? *AWESOME*. Here are the basic steps:

fork StatsD from here: http://github.com/etsy/statsd

1. Clone your fork
2. Hack away
3. If you are adding new functionality, document it in the [docs][d]
4. If necessary, rebase your commits into logical chunks, without errors
5. Verify your code by running the test suite, and adding additional tests if able.
6. Push the branch up to GitHub
7. Send a pull request to the etsy/statsd project.

We'll do our best to get your changes in!

# Contributors

In lieu of a list of contributors, check out the [commit history for the project](https://github.com/etsy/statsd/graphs/contributors)

[d]: https://github.com/etsy/statsd/tree/master/docs