Contributor documentation
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The primary audience for documentation in this folder is contributors to ASP.NET Core.
If you are looking for documentation on how to *use* ASP.NET Core, go to <https://docs.asp.net>.

> :bulb: If you're a new contributor looking to set up the repo locally, the [build from source documentation](BuildFromSource.md) is the best place to start.

The table below outlines the different docs in this folder and what they are helpful for.

| Documentation        | What is it about?   | Who is it for?      |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [API review process](APIReviewProcess.md)      | Outlines the process for reviewing API changes in ASP.NET Core          | Anyone looking to understand the process for making API changes to ASP.NET Core      |
| [Artifacts structure](Artifacts.md)            | Outlines the artifacts produced by the build  | Anyone looking to understand artifacts produced from an Azure DevOps build          |
| [Troubleshooting build errors](BuildErrors.md) | Common errors that occur when building the repo and how to resolve them | Anyone running into an issue with the build        |
| [Building from source](BuildFromSource.md)     | Setup instructions for the ASP.NET Core repo  | First-time contributors          |
| [Working with EventSources and EventCounters](EventSourceAndCounters.md) | Guidance on adding event tracing to a library | Anyone needing to add event tracing for diagnostics purposes      |
| [Tests on Helix](Helix.md)        | An overview of the Helix test environment     | Anyone debugging tests in Helix or looking to understand the output from Helix builds       |
| [Issue management](IssueManagementPolicies.md) | Overview of policies in place to manage issues| Community members and collaborators looking to understand how we handle closed issue, issues that need author feedback, etc |    |
| [Preparing a patch update](PreparingPatchUpdates.md)        | Documentation on how to setup for a patch release of ASP.NET Core       | Anyone looking to publish servicing updates         |
| [Project properties](ProjectProperties.md)     | Overview of configurable MSBuild properties on the repo    | Anyone looking to modify how a project is packaged   |
| [How references are resolved](ReferenceResolution.md)       | Overview of dependency reference setup in the repo         | Anyone looking to understand how package references are configured in the repo |
| [Servicing changes](Servicing.md) | Documentation on how to submit servicing PRs to previous releases       | Anyone to submit patches or backports to prior releases, contains the "Shiproom Template"  |
| [Shared framework](SharedFramework.md)         | Overview of the ASP.NET Core Shared framework | Anyone looking to understand the policies in place for managing the code of the shared framework         |
| Submodules           | Documentation on working with submodules in Git     |   Anyone working with submodules in the repo     |
| [Triage process](TriageProcess.md)| Overview of the issue triage process used in the repo     | Anyone looking to understand the triage process on the repo  |
