# Contributing

Anyone can contribute to the project in two main ways.

## Feedback

If you’d like to request a new feature or share feedback about any aspect of the plugin, you can do so by creating an issue on [gitlab](https://forge.inrae.fr/dynafor/workflows/hedgetools/-/issues) with the appropriate label.

## Troubleshooting

If you encounter a bug or believe that an algorithm is not behaving as intended, please open an issue on [gitlab](https://forge.inrae.fr/dynafor/workflows/hedgetools/-/issues) and apply the *Bug* label.

To help us diagnose the problem:

* Open HedgeTools settings in QGIS (Plugins → HedgeTools → Settings) and enable Debug mode.
* Rerun the algorithm that produced the error.
* Copy and paste the complete error message along with the parameter values you used into your GitLab issue.

We also recommend including:

* A brief description of your processing workflow
* Which algorithms you ran (and with which parameters)
* A small data sample, if possible

This information greatly helps us reproduce and resolve issues more quickly.

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The issue tracker can also be accessed from QGIS at: Plugins → HedgeTools → Settings → Report an issue
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