Checkout URI	https://github.com/IntelRealSense/realsense-ros.git
VCS Type	git
VCS Version	ros2-master
Last Updated	2025-07-23
Dev Status	DEVELOPED
Released	RELEASED
Tags	No category tags.
Contributing	Help Wanted (-) Good First Issues (-) Pull Requests to Review (-)

Name	Version
realsense2_camera	4.56.4
realsense2_camera_msgs	4.56.4
realsense2_description	4.56.4

# How to Contribute This project welcomes third-party code via GitHub pull requests. You are welcome to propose and discuss enhancements using project [issues](https://github.com/IntelRealSense/realsense-ros/issues). > **Branching Policy**: > The `ros2-master` branch is considered stable, at all times. > If you plan to propose a patch, please commit into the `ros2-development` branch, or its own feature branch. In addition, please run `pr_check.sh` under `scripts` directory. This scripts verify compliance with project's standards: 1. Every example / source file must refer to [LICENSE](https://github.com/IntelRealSense/realsense-ros/blob/ros2-development/LICENSE) 2. Every example / source file must include correct copyright notice 3. For indentation we are using spaces and not tabs 4. Line-endings must be Unix and not DOS style Most common issues can be automatically resolved by running `./pr_check.sh --fix` Please familirize yourself with the [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/IntelRealSense/realsense-ros/blob/ros2-development/LICENSE) before contributing. ## Step-by-Step 1. Make sure you have `git` and `cmake` installed on your system. On Windows we recommend using [Git Extensions](https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions/releases) for git bash. 2. Run `git clone https://github.com/IntelRealSense/realsense-ros.git` and `cd realsense-ros` 3. To align with latest status of the ros2-development branch, run: ``` git fetch origin git checkout ros2-development git reset --hard origin/ros2-development ``` 4. `git checkout -b name_of_your_contribution` to create a dedicated branch 5. Make your changes to the local repository 6. Make sure your local git user is updated, or run `git config --global user.email "email@example.com"` and `git config --global user.user "user"` to set it up. This is the user & email that will appear in GitHub history. 7. `git add -p` to select the changes you wish to add 8. `git commit -m "Description of the change"` 9. Make sure you have a GitHub user and [fork realsense-ros](https://github.com/IntelRealSense/realsense-ros#fork-destination-box) 10. `git remote add fork https://github.com/username/realsense-ros.git` with your GitHub `username` 11. `git fetch fork` 12. `git push fork` to push `name_of_your_contribution` branch to your fork 13. Go to your fork on GitHub at `https://github.com/username/realsense-ros` 14. Click the `New pull request` button 15. For `base` combo-box select `ros2-development`, since you want to submit a PR to that branch 16. For `compare` combo-box select `name_of_your_contribution` with your commit 17. Review your changes and click `Create pull request` 18. Wait for all automated checks to pass 19. The PR will be approved / rejected after review from the team and the community To continue to new change, goto step 3. To return to your PR (in order to make more changes): 1. `git stash` 2. `git checkout name_of_your_contribution` 3. Repeat items 5-8 from the previous list 4. `git push fork` The pull request will be automatically updated

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• - Help Wanted
• - Good First Issue
• - Pull Requests to Review