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# How to contribute
## Community
You can ask questions -- or answer them! -- following the links on the [Community](community.md) page.
## Documentation improvements
Pre-release Miller documentation is at [https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/tree/main/docs6](https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/tree/main/docs6).
Instructions for modifying, viewing, and submitting PRs for these are in the [docs6/README.md](https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/blob/main/docs6/README.md).
While Miller 6 is in pre-release, these docs are not viewable at
[https://miller.readthedocs.io](https://miller.readthedocs.io) which shows Miller 5 docs.
For now, I'll push Miller-6 docs to my ISP space at
[https://johnkerl.org/miller6](https://johnkerl.org/miller6) after your PR is merged.
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## Testing
As of Miller-6's current pre-release status, the best way to test is to either build from source via [Building from source](build.md), or by getting a recent binary at [https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/actions](https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/actions), then click latest build, then *Artifacts*. Then simply use Miller for whatever you do, and create an issue at [https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/issues](https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/issues).
Do note that as of mid-2021 a few things have not been ported to Miller 6 -- most notably, including localtime DSL functions and other issues.
## Feature development
Issues: [https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/issues](https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/issues)
Developer notes: [https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/blob/main/go/README.md](https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/blob/main/go/README.md)
PRs which pass regression test ([https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/blob/main/go/regtest/README.md](https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/blob/main/go/regtest/README.md)) are always welcome!
## Build script
Much of Miller's documentation is autogenerated from code. With the `miller/go`
directory in your `$PATH` (so it will find the modified `mlr` executable if
you've modified any source code), please do `sh build-go-src-test-man-doc.sh`
in the `miller` directory. This runs source build, unit test, regression test,
manual-page autogen, document autogen, and document static-build all in the
correct order.