Welcome to the HTTP/1.2 project! We appreciate your interest in improving our codebase. Whether you’re fixing a typo, reporting a bug, or proposing a new feature, your contribution is highly valued.

🚀 Getting Started

1. Fork & Clone the repository. 2. Create a branch for your work (feature/xyz, fix/bug-abc, etc.). 3. Push your changes to your branch. 4. Create a Pull Request (PR) describing your changes. 5. Wait for your PR to be reviewed and merged.

🧹 Clean Code Matters

We are passionate about clean code! Please:

Strive for clarity: Write readable, maintainable code.
Refactor where necessary.
Call out and improve non-clean-code if you spot it.

Recommended reading: Clean Code by Robert C. Martin

🔏 Commit Signing & Security

Add a public signing key to GitHub.
Prefer using Smartcards with openssh / ssh-agent for commit signing.
See GitHub: Commit Signature Verification for setup instructions.

❓ Questions, Feature Requests & Improvements

Email us at http1-2@webcodex.de for questions, feature requests, or improvement ideas.
For technical discussions, use GitHub Discussions.

🐞 Reporting Bugs & Issues

1. Search existing issues here before opening a new one. 2. If your bug is new, create an issue and include:

A descriptive title
A clear explanation of the problem
Steps to reproduce
Expected vs. actual behavior
Relevant code sample or test case

💄 Cosmetical Fixes

Whitespace, indentation, comments, typo corrections, and other cosmetic changes are always welcome!

🔗 Issue & PR Templates

Please use the provided issue templates and PR templates for a streamlined process.

🌟 Happy Hacking!

We’re excited to see your contributions. Thank you for making HTTP/1.2 better!

HTTP/1.2 Lead Developer
Claus Prüfer