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-# Contributing to the Badge Plugin
-
-Plugin source code is hosted on [GitHub](https://github.com/jenkinsci/badge-plugin).
-New feature proposals and bug fix proposals should be submitted as
-[GitHub pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request).
-Your pull request will be evaluated by the [Jenkins job](https://ci.jenkins.io/job/Plugins/job/badge-plugin/).
-
-Before submitting your change, please assure that you've added tests
-which verify your change.
-
-## Code Coverage
-
-Code coverage reporting is available as a maven target.
-Please try to improve code coverage with tests when you submit a pull request.
-* `mvn -P enable-jacoco clean install jacoco:report` to report code coverage
-
-Please don't introduce new spotbugs output.
-* `mvn spotbugs:check` to analyze project using [Spotbugs](https://spotbugs.github.io)
-* `mvn spotbugs:gui` to review report using GUI
-
-## Maintaining the README
-
-The README file samples are created during the maven `prepare-package` phase by the ReadmeGenerator.
-The base template for the generator is `src/test/resources/readme/README.tmpl`.
-
-Update the README with the command:
-* `mvn prepare-package`
-
-## Security Issues
-
-Follow the [Jenkins project vulnerability reporting instructions](https://jenkins.io/security/reporting/) to report vulnerabilities.