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+### Contributing
+
+We welcome contributions, but we ask that you follow a few simple guidelines
+
+1. Please check the indev branch to make sure the issue hasn't already been patched.
+2. If the issue hasn't been patched, edit the files in the **src folder**
+3. Prior to making the PR, build the lib files by running `grunt --dev`