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+# Contributing
+
+When contributing to this repository, please first discuss the change you wish to make via issue or any other method with the owners of this repository before making a change. 
+
+Please note we have a code of conduct, please follow it in all your interactions with the project.
+
+## Pull Request Process
+
+1. Ensure any install or build dependencies are removed before the end of the layer when doing a build.
+1. Increase the version numbers in any examples files and the README.md to the new version that this Pull Request would represent. The versioning scheme we use is [SemVer](http://semver.org/).
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