# Contributing to a Project Hummingbird container image

LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt) | Full content: [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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Welcome to the Project Hummingbird contributor documentation. This section provides guides and
references for contributing to container images.

## Getting Started

New to contributing? Start here:

- **[Quickstart Guide](quickstart.md)** - Get your first contribution done in 5 minutes
- **[Development Workflow](development-workflow.md)** - Detailed development environment and workflow

## Guides

Step-by-step guides for common tasks:

- **[Adding Images](adding-images.md)** - How to add a new container image
- **[Testing](testing-images.md)** - How to run and write tests locally

## Reference

Detailed reference documentation:

- **[Image Configuration Reference](image-configuration-reference.md)** - Complete `properties.yml`
  reference
- **[Test Configuration Reference](test-configuration-reference.md)** - Complete test definition
  reference

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Section pages:

- [Quickstart Guide](/docs/contributing/quickstart/): Get your first contribution done in 5 minutes
- [Development Workflow](/docs/contributing/development-workflow/): Detailed development environment setup and contribution workflow
- [Resolving Merge Conflicts in Generated Files](/docs/contributing/resolve-merge-conflicts-generated/): How to resolve merge conflicts in generated files during rebases
- [Adding New Images](/docs/contributing/adding-images/): Step-by-step guide for adding new container images to the project
- [Adding FIPS Variants](/docs/contributing/fips-variant-guide/): How FIPS variants work and step-by-step guide for adding them
- [Testing Guide](/docs/contributing/testing-images/): How to run and write integration tests locally and work with CI
- [Adding Kubernetes Tests](/docs/contributing/adding-k8s-tests/): How to add Kubernetes and OpenShift integration tests to container images
- [Image Configuration Reference](/docs/contributing/image-configuration-reference/): Complete reference for properties.yml configuration and image settings
- [Test Configuration Reference](/docs/contributing/test-configuration-reference/): Complete reference for test definition format and configuration options