Contributing guidelines
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Contributing guidelines, also called Contribution guidelines, the CONTRIBUTING.md file, or software contribution guidelines, is a text file which project managers include in free and open-source software packages or other open media packages for the purpose of describing how others may contribute user-generated content to the project. The file explains how anyone can engage in activities such as formatting code for submission or submitting patches. The existence of the file in a package should increase the chance of a project receiving crowdsourced contributions. But in many cases, the received contributions do not follow the instructions in the file. Having a contributions file greatly contributes to the success of projects which depend on user contributions.
Contributing guidelines, also called Contribution guidelines, the CONTRIBUTING.md file, or software contribution guidelines, is a text file which project managers include in free and open-source software packages or other open media packages for the purpose of describing how others may contribute user-generated content to the project. The file explains how anyone can engage in activities such as formatting code for submission or submitting patches. The existence of the file in a package should increase the chance of a project receiving crowdsourced contributions. But in many cases, the received contributions do not follow the instructions in the file. Having a contributions file greatly contributes to the success of projects which depend on user contributions.
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Setting guidelines for repository contributors, GitHub Wrangling Web Contributions: How to Build a CONTRIBUTING.md, Mozilla
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