CONTRIBUTING: how to send a change without repository access #193

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Small fixes — a bug, a typo, a test — need no ceremony. Send them.
## Sending a change
New accounts on git.coffeylabs.org can file issues but can't push or fork.
Until you have repository access, open an
[issue](https://git.coffeylabs.org/inbuxa/inbuxa-server/issues) for the change, or say hello
on [community.coffeylabs.org](https://community.coffeylabs.org), and attach the
change to the issue as a patch:
```sh
git format-patch origin/main --stdout > my-change.patch
```
Repository access goes to volunteers we have worked with; a few good issues or
patches is the usual way in. After that you push a branch here and open a pull
request. The GitHub copy is a read-only mirror, so pull requests opened
there are not merged.
## How a change lands
`main` is protected. It cannot be force-pushed or deleted, and a change