things you should know about contributing:

1.  API changes require discussion, use cases, etc. Code comes later.
2.  Pull requests are great for small fixes for bugs, documentation, etc.
3.  Pull requests are not merged directly into the master branch.
4.  Code contributions require signing a Google CLA.

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to ask any questions.

## Setting up your development environment

In order to make changes to Gradle, you'll need:

* A [Java Development Kit](http://jdk.java.net/) (JDK) **version 11**. Fixed version is required to use [remote cache](#remote-build-cache). 
* A text editor or IDE. We use and recommend [IntelliJ IDEA CE](http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/).  IntelliJ Ultimate will also work. You'll need IntelliJ 2021.2.2 or newer.

    and
    [GPU developer Dockerfile](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/tensorflow/tools/dockerfiles/dockerfiles/devel-gpu.Dockerfile)
    for the required packages. Alternatively, use the said
    [tensorflow/build Docker images](https://hub.docker.com/r/tensorflow/build)
    (`tensorflow/tensorflow:devel` and `tensorflow/tensorflow:devel-gpu` are no