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-# Example Contributing Guidelines
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-This is an example of GitHub's contributing guidelines file. Check out GitHub's [CONTRIBUTING.md help center article](https://help.github.com/articles/setting-guidelines-for-repository-contributors/) for more information.
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-* **I'm submitting a ...**
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-* **What kind of change does this PR introduce?** (Bug fix, feature, docs update, ...)
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-* **What is the current behavior?** (You can also link to an open issue here)
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-* **What is the new behavior (if this is a feature change)?**
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