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* Highlight the top mistakes directly in CONTRIBUTING.md * Remove unecessary cruft from the PR template
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# How to contribute
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Note: contributing implies licensing those contributions
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under the terms of [COPYING](../COPYING), which is an MIT-like license.
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## Opening issues
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* Make sure you have a [GitHub account](https://github.com/signup/free)
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* [Submit an issue](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues) - assuming one does not already exist.
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* Clearly describe the issue including steps to reproduce when it is a bug.
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* Include information what version of nixpkgs and Nix are you using (nixos-version or git revision).
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## Submitting changes
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* Format the commits in the following way:
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`(pkg-name | service-name): (from -> to | init at version | refactor | etc)`
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Examples:
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* nginx: init at 2.0.1
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* firefox: 3.0 -> 3.1.1
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* hydra service: add bazBaz option
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* nginx service: refactor config generation
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* Don't put dots at the end of package descriptions.
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See the nixpkgs manual for more details on how to [Submit changes to nixpkgs](http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/manual/latest/download-by-type/doc/manual#chap-submitting-changes).
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