Required Files with Specified Content

Repositories must have these files with the specific content in the linked files, or a file with a link to the specified content with minimal exposition. These files MUST be at the root of the repository.

• LICENSE - https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT(Or whatever licence is approved for use for this project)
• CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md - https://greensoftware.foundation/code-of-conduct

Required Files with Variable Content

Repositories must have these files. Named files must be at the root of the repository, and may have format suffixes such as .md, .rst, or .txt.

• READMEA description of the project and contain information or links to information such as
• A reference to the license (required).
• The current and important past releases
• Documentation for developers and users
• CONTRIBUTINGDirections on how to contribute code to the project, or a pointer to the Wiki page with that information.
• CHANGELOGA human readable list of recent changes. Changes should at least include the current release. This file may be maintainer curated or mechanically produced.
• Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) configurations: Configurations needed to run CICD on Green Software Foundation provided systems.

Recommended

Repositories should have these files. Named files should be at the root of the repository.

• Build files consistent with the implementation language, such as:
• for JavaScript/Node.js a package.json file
• For Ruby a Gemfile file
• For Java one of a Maven pom.xml, an Apache Ant build.xml, or a Gralde build.gradle file
• For Python setup.py and requirements.txt files
• For Go go.mod and optionally go.sum
• For Rust a cargo.toml file
• For multi-lingual repositories a Makefile or executable build.sh script
• For other languages, other standard build files a practitioner of the language would expect.
• Testing code: Code to test the code in the repository (such as unit tests), in a location appropriate for the language.
• Not all repositories can be tested (homebrew, docs), which is the only reason this is a should instead of a must.

Prohibited

Repositories must not have these files:

• Executable binaries and shared library files built by code in the repository
• This includes .exe, .dll, .so, .a and .dylib files not otherwise part of a third party library.