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# Contributing guidelines

## Pull Request Checklist

Before sending your pull requests, make sure you do the following:

-   Read the [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).
-   Read the [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
-   Ensure you have signed the
    [Contributor License Agreement (CLA)](https://cla.developers.google.com/).
-   Check if your changes are consistent with the
    [guidelines](#general-guidelines-and-philosophy-for-contribution).

# Contributing to the Gradle Build Tool

Thank you for your interest in contributing to Gradle!
This guide explains how to contribute to the core Gradle components, 
extensions and documentation located in this repository.
For other extensions and components, see the 
[Gradle Community Resources](https://gradle.org/resources/).

This guide will help you to...

* maximize the chance of your changes being accepted
* work on the Gradle code base

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### Contributor Checklist
- [ ] [Review Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).

You can download the release source from our [download page][maven-download].

Contributing
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If you are interested in the development of Maven, please consult the
documentation first and afterward you are welcome to join the developers
mailing list to ask questions or discuss new ideas/features/bugs etc.

Take a look into the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).

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