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+Contributing
+============
+When contributing to this repository, please first discuss the change you wish to make via issue, email, 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
+--------------------
+Ensure any install or build dependencies are removed before the end of the layer when doing a build.
+Update the README.md with details of changes to the interface, this includes new environment variables, exposed ports, useful file locations and container parameters.
+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.
+You may merge the Pull Request in once you have the sign-off of two other developers, or if you do not have permission to do that, you may request the second reviewer to merge it for you.