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+# Contributing
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+The [issue tracker](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-petclinic/issues) is the preferred channel for bug reports, features requests and submitting pull requests.
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+For pull requests, editor preferences are available in the [editor config](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-petclinic/blob/master/.editorconfig) for easy use in common text editors. Read more and download plugins at <http://editorconfig.org>.
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