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+# Contribution guidelines for Daisy
+
+
+## Pull requests
+All PRs should merge to `dev`. See "branching" below.
+
+
+## Versioning
+Daisy uses [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/), which looks like `maj.min.patch`. In short:
+ - `maj`: Incremented on large, incompatible changes
+ - `min`: Incremented on new features
+ - `patch`: Incremented on bugfixes
+
+Whenever one of the above fields is incremented, all sub-fields are reset to zero. When `min` is incremented, `patch` is set to zero.
+
+
+## Branching
+Daisy uses a branch model much like the one described [here](https://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model).
+ - `master`: 1 commit = 1 release. This is always a merge comit from `dev`, and is always tagged with a version.
+ - `dev`: main development branch. Never deleted. Most work happens here.
+ - `features`: temporary branches pulled from `dev` and merged to `dev` for larger features.
+ - Always merge with git's `--no-ff` option for a more detailed history.
+
+
+## Releases
+What to do 
+ - Merge into `master` (`git merge --no-ff dev`)
+ - Tag merge commit on `master` (`git tag -a v1.0.0 -m "Version 1.0.0"`)
+ - `cargo publish`
+ - Update web demo & pull server (`make docker`)
+ - Update aur package
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