Minor fixes and changes to CONTRIBUTING

Fixed bad directory name for clone command.

Added suggestion to sign up for mailing list.

Corrected statement about the location of data files.
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Kenneth Moreland 2017-09-19 10:22:57 -06:00
parent 2fa3a868bd
commit 1ea16957e2

@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Before you begin, perform initial setup:
3. Follow the [download instructions](download.md#clone) to create a
local clone of the main VTK repository:
$ git clone https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk-m.git VTK
$ git clone https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk-m.git
$ cd vtk-m
The main repository will be configured as your `origin` remote.
@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Before you begin, perform initial setup:
"All Dashboards" link in the upper left corner, scroll down and click
"Subscribe to this project" on the right of VTK-m.
6. (Optional but highly recommended.)
[Sign up](http://vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtkm) for the VTK-m mailing
list to communicate with other developers and users.
[GitLab Access]: https://gitlab.kitware.com/users/sign_in
[Fork VTK-m]: https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk-m/forks/new
@ -100,9 +104,9 @@ A reader should have a general idea of the feature or fix to be developed given
$ git commit
Caveats:
* Data files must be placed in either the root data directory, or a
folder explicitly named 'data'. This is required as VTK-m uses Git-LFS
to efficiently support data files.
* Data files must be placed under a folder explicitly named 'data'.
This is required as VTK-m uses Git-LFS to efficiently support data
files.
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