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 Contributing
 ============
+
+Humulus has been a personal project of mine, and I hope others will find it
+useful. As a user and fan of open source, I welcome all contributions!
+
+This guide is intended to help you contribute to this project with minimal
+fuss. Please always feel free to open an issue to ask questions!
+
+Issues
+------
+
+Do not hesitate to open issues if you have questions on how to use Humulus, or
+if you think you've found a bug. Please provide any information that you may
+find relevant.
+
+Pull Requests
+-------------
+
+I welcome all pull requests!
+
+For all pull requests, I ask the following:
+
+1. Your pull request should address an open issue. If you'd like to contribute
+   an enhancement, please open an issue first, describing what you'd like to
+   accomplish.
+2. Your code should pass all tests.
+3. Your code should not decrease coverage of the tests.
+4. Your code must have been passed through Black_. The ``pyproject.yml`` file
+   is configured to limit line lengths to 79 characters.
+5. Your code must pass the Flake8_ checks and your documentation must pass the
+   doc8_ checks.
+6. Your code should work with Python 3.6 and newer.
+7. You agree to license your contribution under the `Apache 2.0 License`_. You
+   retain your copyright. Add a copyright notice to the top of the file.
+
+.. _Black: https://black.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
+.. _Flake8: http://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/
+.. _doc8: https://github.com/PyCQA/doc8
+.. _`Apache 2.0 License`: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+
+Build environment
+-----------------
+
+All requirements for developing this project are in the
+``requirements-dev.txt`` file. Also, use `pre-commit`_ to help ensure your code
+will pass the linting process.
+
+::
+
+    pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+    pre-commit install
+
+.. _`pre-commit`: https://pre-commit.com/
+
+Coverage tests
+--------------
+
+Run your code through coverage tests and make sure it passes. Humulus uses
+pytest_ and Coverage.py_ to run tests. If you're contributing new code, please
+add your own tests.
+
+::
+
+    coverage run -m pytest
+    coverage report -m
+
+.. _pytest: https://pytest.org/en/latest/
+.. _Coverage.py: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/v4.5.x/