Contributing

Clone the Journal repository from github.com/barankiewicz/gender-diary. Run npm install, then npm run dev to work locally. The README lists the checks; npm run check, npm test and npm run test:browser cover different parts of the app.

Keep a pull request focused. Say what changed, why it changed and which checks you ran. CI runs on each pull request, including browser checks. Use invented journal data in tests and screenshots.

You don't need to write code to help with a country pack. A pack is bundled into the app and describes one country's transition procedure as roadmap goals. Each goal sits in one of four roadmap tracks: social, legal, presentational or medical. Only the Polish pack ships today.

Cite sources for each goal you propose and record when you checked them; the pack's reviewedOn date is shown in the app because procedures change. Describe what a step involves, never what someone should do in their own case. You can send sourced corrections or draft goals without editing the app.

The Journal keeps screen text in messages/en.json and messages/pl.json. Adding a language means adding its message catalogue and checking each screen with the real text, including long labels and small phones.

Read docs/ui-copy.md in the Journal repository before writing. It sets the voice for labels, explanations and risk screens. Translate the meaning, then edit for natural wording in the new language. The app supports English and Polish today; another language needs its own complete pass.