diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0c150b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +### Contributing ### + +Thank you for your interest in `loopback-component-storage`, an open source project +administered by StrongLoop. + +Contributing to `loopback-component-storage` is easy. 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