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 - Please follow our Code of Conduct, the Contributor Covenant. You can find a copy in this repository or under https://www.contributor-covenant.org/
 - All Contributors have to sign [a CLA](https://gist.github.com/oskardotglobal/35f0a72eb45fcc7087e535561383dbc5) for legal reasons. When opening a PR, @cla-assitant will prompt you and guide you through the process. However, if you contribute on behalf of a legal entity, we ask of you to sign [a different CLA](https://gist.github.com/oskardotglobal/75a8cc056e56a439fa6a1551129ae47f). In that case, please contact us.
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+## How to contribute
+
+- Fork this repository
+- Create a new branch with a descriptive name
+- Make your changes
+- Install and run `pre-commit` (see below)
+- Open a Pull Request
+
+## Pre-commit
+
+pre-commit is a tool which allows to run checks before committing.
+It is recommended to install it and run it before committing, since the same checks
+are run through github actions on pull request. We will not merge a pull request unless all checks pass.
+
+Installation instructions can be found here: https://pre-commit.com/#install <br>
+After installing, run `pre-commit install` in the repository root to install the git hooks.
+
+It is recommended to run `pre-commit run --all-files` before committing to make sure all checks pass.  It is also recommended to use the git cli since graphical git solutions do not always play well with pre-commit.