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+# Pull Request Guidelines
+
+Please review the following before opening a pull request (PR) to help your PR go smoothly:
+
+* Code changes go to the `dev` branch first
+  * To ensure proper testing and quality control, target any code change pull requests against `dev` branch.
+
+* Make sure the tests pass
+  * Take a look at [TESTING.md](TESTING.md) to see how to run tests locally so you do not have to push all your code to a PR and have travis-ci run it.  
+  * Your tests will probably run faster locally and you get a faster feedback loop.