Contributing Host Profiles
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Host profiles live in /src/resources/hosts/<compute center name>.

There is a script and a couple of helper files in the 'hosts' directory that allow the centers and profiles to be added during the installation of VisIt_, or imported later via the gui.

* If you add or remove directories from 'hosts', please edit **networks.dat** and **scripts/visit-install** accordingly.

* If you add or remove directories or files, please regenerate **networks.json** by running **dump_dir_to_networks_json.py**.

* Note that if run on Windows, the generated **networks.json** file will have dos-style line endings.
  Convert it to Unix style before committing.

* If you want to specify a default host configuration for a center, edit **default_configs.dat**.


Steps for creating host profiles can be found in :ref:`Host Profiles<host_profiles>`.

Steps for creating a Pull Request to contribute host profiles to VisIt_'s repo can be found in :ref:`Creating a Pull Request`