# Contributing to Bazel ## 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 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. ## Patch Acceptance Process Read how to [contribute to Bazel](https://bazel.build/contributing.html), the [acceptance process for your pull request](https://bazel.build/basics/patching.html), and the lifecycle of a Bazel [issue](https://www.bazel.build/maintaining/maintainers-guide.html#lifecycle-issue) and [pull request](https://www.bazel.build/maintaining/maintainers-guide.html#lifecycle-pull-request).