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From: Chris Dzombak <dzombak@nytimes.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:34:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add initial contributing guidelines
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Now that develop is not the default, I’d like to clarify where PRs should go.
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 .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md | 7 +++++++
 README.md                        | 4 ++++
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+<!--
+Thanks for contributing!
+
+Please open pull requests against the `develop` branch, and add a relevant note to the `develop` section of the CHANGELOG [0] as part of your pull request.
+
+[0]: https://github.com/NYTimes/NYTPhotoViewer/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md#develop
+-->
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 See [`CHANGELOG.md`](https://github.com/NYTimes/NYTPhotoViewer/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md).
 
+## Contributing
+
+Please **open pull requests against the `develop` branch**, and add a relevant note to the [`develop` section of the CHANGELOG](https://github.com/NYTimes/NYTPhotoViewer/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md#develop) as part of your pull request.
+
 ## Swift
 
 NYTPhotoViewer is written in Objective-C but is fully interoperable with Swift. If you experience any interoperability difficulties, please open an issue or pull request and we will work to resolve it.