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+# Contributing to Conductor
+
+We are following the Gitflow workflow. The active development branch is [dev](https://github.com/Netflix/fast_jsonapi/tree/dev), the stable branch is [master](https://github.com/Netflix/fast_jsonapi/tree/master).
+
+Contributions will be accepted to the [dev](https://github.com/Netflix/fast_jsonapi/tree/dev) only.
+
+## How to provide a patch for a new feature
+
+1. If it is a major feature, please create an [Issue]( https://github.com/Netflix/fast_jsonapi/issues ) and discuss with the project leaders.
+
+2. If in step 1 you get an acknowledge from the project leaders, use the
+   following procedure to submit a patch:
+
+    a. Fork Dynomite on github ( http://help.github.com/fork-a-repo/ )
+
+    b. Create a topic branch (git checkout -b my_branch)
+
+    c. Push to your branch (git push origin my_branch)
+
+    d. Initiate a pull request on github ( http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/ )
+
+    e. Done :)
+
+For minor fixes just open a pull request to the [dev]( https://github.com/Netflix/fast_jsonapi/tree/dev ) branch on Github.