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+== Contributing
+
+We welcome contributions of all kinds!
+Please read our link:CONTRIBUTING.adoc[contribution guidelines] before submitting a pull request.
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+
 == Reporting Issues
 
 Spring Boot uses GitHub's integrated issue tracking system to record bugs and feature requests.