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+# How to contribute
+
+Third-party patches are essential for keeping puppet open-source projects
+great. We want to keep it as easy as possible to contribute changes that
+allow you to get the most out of our projects. There are a few guidelines
+that we need contributors to follow so that we can have a chance of keeping on
+top of things.  For more info, see our canonical guide to contributing:
+
+[https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)