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 # Contributing To Simple Icons
 
-Simple Icons welcomes contributions and corrections. Before contributing, please make sure you have read the guidelines below.
+Simple Icons welcomes contributions and corrections. Before contributing, please make sure you have read the guidelines below. If you decide to contribute anything, please do the following:
+
+1. Fork this repository
+1. Hack on a separate topic branch from the latest `develop`
+1. Commit and push to the topic branch
+1. Make a pull request
 
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