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+# Contributing to $WIP
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+Thanks for taking the time to contribute to $WIP! Please read through this document to ensure that your contribution is in compliance with our guidelines. We are excited to have you contribute to our project!
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+## Conventional Commits
+
+We follow a subset of the [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) specification, defined below, for our commit messages. Please ensure that your commit messages are in the correct format.
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+### Acceptable types
+
+- `feat`: A new feature (minor)
+- `fix`: A bug fix (patch)
+- `refactor`: A code change that rewrites/restructures code, without changing behavior
+- `perf`: A code change that improves performance without changing behavior (variation of `refactor`)
+- `style`: A code change that does not affect the meaning of the code (white-space, formatting, missing semi-colons, etc)
+- `test`: Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests
+- `docs`: Documentation only changes
+- `ci`: Changes to our CI configuration files and scripts
+- `chore`: Other changes that don't modify src or test files, such as updating .gitignore or updating dependencies
+
+### Acceptable scopes
+
+_This section is a Work in Progress, and will change as the project matures._  
+Scopes are optional! If your commit does not fit into any of the scopes listed below, you can omit the scope.  
+Please do not use issue identifiers as scopes.
+
+- `nix`: changes to the nix flake or `.envrc` file
+- `repo`: changes to the repository, such as the README, CONTRIBUTING, or LICENSE files
+- `tooling`: changes to development tooling like dotnet tools
+- `deps`: changes to dependencies, such as updating dependencies or removing unused dependencies
+- `renovate`: changes to the Renovate configuration