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 This way git can better diff and present the changes when documentation is altered.
 
 Documentation files reside in the `docs/` directory and have a `.md` extension.
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+Writing pull-requests (PRs)
+---------------------------
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+When writing your PR or patch, the set of patches should contain the minimal changes required.
+Each patch in itself should ideally be self-contained and runable.
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+A PR should not contain any merge commits.
+To follow the uptream branch of your PR rebase your work instead.
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+Avoid small commits that just fix typos that another of your commits introduced.
+Instead squash those changes in the appropriate commit that introduced that mistake.
+Git offers `git commit --fixup=<commit>` and `git rebase -i --autosquash` to help you with this.
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+Your final PR should contain a minimal set of reasonably sized commits that by themselves are easy to review.
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+Rebase early. Rebase often.