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+Contributions to InvenTree are welcomed - please follow the guidelines below.
+
+## Feature Branches
+
+No pushing to master! New featues must be submitted in a separate branch (one branch per feature).
+
+## Testing
+
+Any new code should be covered by unit tests - a submitted PR may not be accepted if the code coverage is decreased.
+
+## Documentation
+
+New features or updates to existing features should be accompanied by user documentation.
+A PR with associated documentation should link to the matching PR at https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree.github.io
+
+## Code Style
+
+Sumbitted Python code is automatically checked against PEP style guidelines. Locally you can run `make style` to ensure the style checks will pass, before submitting the PR.