@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ When submitting merge requests to existing files, unless you have prior agreemen
In general, if it's a large set of changes, your best bet of getting it accepted and merged into the repo would be to discuss the concept of the change with the developers in the [Synchronet Programming conference](http://web.synchro.net/?page=001-forum.ssjs&sub=syncprog)**first**.
When modifying the C/C++ source files:
* Do not call functions from `ctype.h` (e.g. `isprint()`, `isspace()`, `isdigit()`, etc.) - use the `gen_defs.h IS_*` macros instead.
* Use safe string handling (e.g. `SAFECOPY()` instead of `strcpy()`, `SAFEPRINTF()` or `safe_snprintf()` instead of `sprintf()`).
* Do not call functions from `ctype.h` (e.g. `isprint()`, `isspace()`, `isdigit()`, etc.) - use the `xpdev/gen_defs.h IS_*` macros instead.
* Use safe string handling (e.g. xpdev's `SAFECOPY()` instead of `strcpy()`, `SAFEPRINTF()` or `safe_snprintf()` instead of `sprintf()`).
### Branches
Only approved and authenticaed "developers" can create new branches in the `main/sbbs`repo. If, as a developer, you are creating a new branch in the `main/sbbs` repository, use the branch naming scheme: `<your-name>/<topic>`, where *your-name* is your abbreviated name, user-name, or alias and *topic* helps to identify the intended purpose of the branch. Branches created in user repositories (e.g. forks of main/sbbs) need not contain the `<your-name>/` prefix.
### Commit messages
* Try to keep the commit title (first line) to 70 characters or less.
