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+# How to Contribute
+
+We'd love to have your patches and contributions! Here are some guidelines. In general, we follow the [TensorFlow contributing guidelines](../../CONTRIBUTING.md), but have some [AutoGraph-specific style guidelines](STYLE_GUIDE.md). More details below.
+
+## Contributor License Agreement
+
+Contributions to this project must be accompanied by a Contributor License
+Agreement. You (or your employer) retain the copyright to your contribution;
+this simply gives us permission to use and redistribute your contributions as
+part of the project. Head over to <https://cla.developers.google.com/> to see
+your current agreements on file or to sign a new one.
+
+You generally only need to submit a CLA once, so if you've already submitted one
+(even if it was for a different project), you probably don't need to do it
+again.
+
+## Code reviews
+
+All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review. We
+use GitHub pull requests for this purpose. Consult [GitHub
+Help](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/) for more
+information on using pull requests.
+
+After a pull request is approved, we merge it. Note our merging process differs
+from GitHub in that we pull and submit the change into an internal version
+control system. This system automatically pushes a git commit to the GitHub
+repository (with credit to the original author) and closes the pull request.
+
+## Style
+
+See the [TensorFlow AutoGraph style guide](STYLE_GUIDE.md).
+
+## Unit tests
+
+Please include unit tests when contributing new features ([example here](converters/continue_statements_test.py)), as they help to a) prove that your code works correctly, and b) guard against future breaking
+changes to lower the maintenance cost.
+It's also helpful to check that any
+changes you propose do not break existing unit tests. You can run tests using the command,
+
+```shell
+bazel test --config=opt --copt=-O3 --copt=-march=native \
+ //tensorflow/contrib/autograph/...
+```
+
+from the root of the `tensorflow` repository. For more details see the [main TensorFlow Contributing File](../../CONTRIBUTING.md)
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+# TensorFlow AutoGraph Style Guide
+
+This page contains style decisions that both developers and users of TensorFlow
+AutoGraph should follow to increase the readability of their code, reduce the
+number of errors, and promote consistency. We borrow many style principles from the TensorFlow Probability style guide.
+
+## TensorFlow Style
+
+Follow the [TensorFlow style
+guide](https://www.tensorflow.org/community/style_guide) and [documentation
+guide](https://www.tensorflow.org/community/documentation). Below are additional
+TensorFlow conventions not noted in those guides. In the future, these noted
+conventions may be moved upstream.
+
+1. The name is TensorFlow, not Tensorflow.
+2. The name is AutoGraph, not Autograph.
+
+## TensorFlow Code of Conduct
+Please review and follow the [TensorFlow Code of Conduct](../../CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
+## TensorFlow AutoGraph Style
+
+Below are TensorFlow AutoGraph-specific conventions. In the event of conflict,
+it supercedes all previous conventions.
+
+1. __Importing submodule aliases.__ Use the Pythonic style
+`from tensorflow.contrib.autograph.converters import ifexp` and `from tensorflow.contrib import autograph as ag`.
+
+2. __Examples in Docstrings.__ Write a `#### Examples` subsection below `Args`,
+ `Returns`, `Raises`, etc. to illustrate examples. If the docstring's last
+ line is a fence bracket (\`\`\`) closing a code snippet, add an empty line
+ before closing the docstring with \"\"\". This properly displays the code
+ snippet.
+
+ Justification: Users regularly need to remind themselves of args and
+ semantics. But rarely look at examples more than the first time. But since
+ examples are usually long (which is great!) it means they have to do a lot
+ of annoying scrolling ...unless Examples follow Args/Returns/Raises.
+
+3. __Citations in Docstrings.__ Write a `#### References` subsection at the
+ bottom of any docstring with citations. Use ICLR’s bibliography style to
+ write references; for example, order entries by the first author's last
+ name. Add a link to the paper if the publication is open source (ideally,
+ arXiv).
+
+ Write in-paragraph citations in general, e.g., [(Tran and Blei, 2018)][1].
+ Write in-text citations when the citation is a noun, e.g., [Tran and Blei
+ (2018)][1]. Write citations with more than two authors using et al., e.g.,
+ [(Tran et al., 2018)][1]. Separate multiple citations with semicolon, e.g.,
+ ([Tran and Blei, 2018][1]; [Gelman and Rubin, 1992][2]).
+
+ Examples:
+
+ ```none
+ #### References
+
+ # technical report
+ [1]: Tony Finch. Incremental calculation of weighted mean and variance.
+ _Technical Report_, 2009.
+ http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/fanf2/hermes/doc/antiforgery/stats.pdf
+
+ # journal
+ [2]: Andrew Gelman and Donald B. Rubin. Inference from Iterative Simulation
+ Using Multiple Sequences. _Statistical Science_, 7(4):457-472, 1992.
+
+ # arXiv preprint
+ # use "et al." for papers with too many authors to maintain
+ [3]: Aaron van den Oord et al. Parallel WaveNet: Fast High-Fidelity Speech
+ Synthesis. _arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.10433_, 2017.
+ https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.10433
+
+ # conference
+ [4]: Yeming Wen, Paul Vicol, Jimmy Ba, Dustin Tran, and Roger Grosse.
+ Flipout: Efficient Pseudo-Independent Weight Perturbations on
+ Mini-Batches. In _International Conference on Learning
+ Representations_, 2018.
+ https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04386
+ ```
+
+4. When doing float math over literals eg use `1.` instead of `1` or `1.0`.
+
+ * Using `1.` is another line of defense against an automatic casting
+ mistake. (Using `1.0` is also such a defense but is not minimal.)
+
+5. Prefer using named args for functions' 2nd args onward.
+
+ * Definitely use named args for 2nd args onward in docstrings.
+
+9. Avoid LaTeX in docstrings.
+
+ * It is not rendered in many (if not most) editors and can be hard to read
+ for both LaTeX experts and non-experts.
+
+10. Write docstring and comment math using ASCII friendly notation; python using
+ operators. E.g., `x**2` better than `x^2`, `x[i, j]` better than `x_{i,j}`,
+ `sum{ f(x[i]) : i=1...n }` better than `\sum_{i=1}^n f(x_i)` `int{sin(x) dx:
+ x in [0, 2 pi]}` better than `\int_0^{2\pi} sin(x) dx`.
+
+ * The more we stick to python style, the more someone can
+ copy/paste/execute.
+ * Python style is usually easier to read as ASCII.
+
+11. All public functions require docstrings with: one line description, Args,
+ Returns, Raises (if raises exceptions).
+
+ * Returns docstrings should be in the same format as Args, eg, of the form
+ "name: Description." Part of the rationale is that we are suggesting a
+ reasonable variable name for the returned object(s).
+
+12. Regard `*args` and/or `**kwargs` as features of last resort.
+
+ * Keyword arguments make the intention of a function call more clear.
+ * [Possible exceptions for
+ `kwargs`](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1415812/why-use-kwargs-in-python-what-are-some-real-world-advantages-over-using-named).
+
+18. The `__init__.py` file for modules should use TensorFlow's
+ `remove_undocumented` feature, which seals the module's methods.
+
+21. Use `"{}".format()` rather than `"" %` for string formatting.
+
+ Justification: [PEP 3101](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3101/) and
+ [Python official
+ tutorials](https://docs.python.org/3.2/tutorial/inputoutput.html#old-string-formatting):
+ "...this old style of formatting will eventually be removed from the
+ language, str.format() should generally be used."