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# Understand how to contribute
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Contributing is a process where you work with Docker maintainers and the
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community to improve Docker. The maintainers are experienced contributors
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who specialize in one or more Docker components. Maintainers play a big role
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in reviewing contributions.
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There is a formal process for contributing. We try to keep our contribution
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process simple so you'll want to contribute frequently.
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## The basic contribution workflow
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In this guide, you work through Docker's basic contribution workflow by fixing a
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single *beginner* issue in the `docker/docker` repository. The workflow
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for fixing simple issues looks like this:
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![Simple process](/project/images/existing_issue.png)
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All Docker repositories have code and documentation. You use this same workflow
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for either content type. For example, you can find and fix doc or code issues.
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Also, you can propose a new Docker feature or propose a new Docker tutorial.
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Some workflow stages do have slight differences for code or documentation
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contributions. When you reach that point in the flow, we make sure to tell you.
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## Where to go next
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Now that you know a little about the contribution process, go to the next section
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to [find an issue you want to work on](/project/find-an-issue/).
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