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title: Contributing new content
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This section contains information you should know before contributing new
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content.
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subgraph second[Before you begin]
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direction TB
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S[ ] -.-
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A[Sign the CNCF CLA] --> B[Choose Git branch]
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B --> C[One language per PR]
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C --> F[Check out<br>contributor tools]
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subgraph first[Contributing Basics]
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T[ ] -.-
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D[Write docs in markdown<br>and build site with Hugo] --- E[source in GitHub]
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E --- G['/content/../docs' folder contains docs<br>for multiple languages]
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G --- H[Review Hugo page content<br>types and shortcodes]
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***Figure - Contributing new content preparation***
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The figure above depicts the information you should know
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prior to submitting new content. The information details follow.
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<!-- body -->
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## Contributing basics
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- Write Kubernetes documentation in Markdown and build the Kubernetes site
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using [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/).
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- Kubernetes documentation uses [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/) as its flavor of Markdown.
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- The source is in [GitHub](https://github.com/kubernetes/website). You can find
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Kubernetes documentation at `/content/en/docs/`. Some of the reference
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documentation is automatically generated from scripts in
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the `update-imported-docs/` directory.
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- [Page content types](/docs/contribute/style/page-content-types/) describe the
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presentation of documentation content in Hugo.
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- You can use [Docsy shortcodes](https://www.docsy.dev/docs/adding-content/shortcodes/) or [custom Hugo shortcodes](/docs/contribute/style/hugo-shortcodes/) to contribute to Kubernetes documentation.
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- In addition to the standard Hugo shortcodes, we use a number of
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[custom Hugo shortcodes](/docs/contribute/style/hugo-shortcodes/) in our
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documentation to control the presentation of content.
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- Documentation source is available in multiple languages in `/content/`. Each
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language has its own folder with a two-letter code determined by the
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[ISO 639-1 standard](https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php)
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. For example, English documentation source is stored in `/content/en/docs/`.
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- For more information about contributing to documentation in multiple languages
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or starting a new translation,
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see [localization](/docs/contribute/localization).
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## Before you begin {#before-you-begin}
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### Sign the CNCF CLA {#sign-the-cla}
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All Kubernetes contributors **must** read
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the [Contributor guide](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/guide/README.md)
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and [sign the Contributor License Agreement (CLA)](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/CLA.md)
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.
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Pull requests from contributors who haven't signed the CLA fail the automated
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tests. The name and email you provide must match those found in
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your `git config`, and your git name and email must match those used for the
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CNCF CLA.
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### Choose which Git branch to use
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When opening a pull request, you need to know in advance which branch to base
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your work on.
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Scenario | Branch
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:---------|:------------
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Existing or new English language content for the current release | `main`
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Content for a feature change release | The branch which corresponds to the major and minor version the feature change is in, using the pattern `dev-<version>`. For example, if a feature changes in the `v{{< skew nextMinorVersion >}}` release, then add documentation changes to the ``dev-{{< skew nextMinorVersion >}}`` branch.
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Content in other languages (localizations) | Use the localization's convention. See the [Localization branching strategy](/docs/contribute/localization/#branch-strategy) for more information.
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If you're still not sure which branch to choose, ask in `#sig-docs` on Slack.
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{{< note >}} If you already submitted your pull request and you know that the
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base branch was wrong, you (and only you, the submitter) can change it. {{<
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/note >}}
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### Languages per PR
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Limit pull requests to one language per PR. If you need to make an identical
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change to the same code sample in multiple languages, open a separate PR for
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each language.
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## Tools for contributors
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The [doc contributors tools](https://github.com/kubernetes/website/tree/main/content/en/docs/doc-contributor-tools)
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directory in the `kubernetes/website` repository contains tools to help your
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contribution journey go more smoothly.
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