1. Fork the repo

2. Make sure there is an open issue or a task in the [project](https://github.com/users/radumarias/projects/6)

3. **Assign it to you and move it in the corresponding status column as you are working on it**

4. Make the changes in your fork

5. If you add new `.rs` files in `examples` member add all these [lines](https://github.com/radumarias/zeroize-python/blob/main/src/lib.rs#L1-L17) as first ones

6. If you add new packages to the workspace add all these [lines](https://github.com/radumarias/zeroize-python/blob/main/src/lib.rs#L1-L17) to it's `lib.rs`

and to any `bin` files (

like `main.rs` or other files declared as `[[bin]]`)

7. Add tests for your changes, if applicable

8. `cargo fmt --all`, you can configure your **IDE** to do this on

save, [RustRover](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/rust/rustfmt.html)

and [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/rust#_formatting)

9. `./check-before-push.sh` or `cmd /c check-before-push.bat` and fix any errors

10. Create a **PR** back to **main** repo to the `main` branch

11. Monitor the checks (GitHub actions run)

12. Respond to any comments

13. In the end, ideally, it will be merged to `main`