Contributor guide (#363)

CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md

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+## Community Code of Conduct
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+The NATS.Net follows the [CNCF Code of Conduct](https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing
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+Thanks for your interest in contributing! This document contains `nats-io/nats.net.v2` specific contributing details. If you are a first-time contributor, please refer to the general [NATS Contributor Guide](https://nats.io/contributing/) to get a comprehensive overview of contributing to the NATS project.
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+## Getting started
+
+There are there general ways you can contribute to this repo:
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+- Proposing an enhancement or new feature
+- Reporting a bug or regression
+- Contributing changes to the source code
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+For the first two, refer to the [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/nats-io/nats.net.v2/issues/new/choose) which guides you through the available options along with the needed information to collect.
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+## Contributing Changes
+
+_Prior to opening a pull request, it is recommended to open an issue first to ensure the maintainers can review intended changes. Exceptions to this rule include fixing non-functional source such as code comments, documentation or other supporting files._
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+Proposing source code changes is done through GitHub's standard pull request workflow.
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+If your branch is a work-in-progress then please start by creating your pull requests as draft, by clicking the down-arrow next to the `Create pull request` button and instead selecting `Create draft pull request`.
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+This will defer the automatic process of requesting a review from the NATS.Net team and significantly reduces noise until you are ready. Once you are happy with your PR, you can click the `Ready for review` button.
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+### Guidelines
+
+A good pull request includes:
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+- A high-level description of the changes, including links to any issues that are related by adding comments like `Resolves #NNN` to your description. See [Linking a Pull Request to an Issue](https://docs.github.com/en/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue) for more information.
+- An up-to-date parent commit. Please make sure you are pulling in the latest `main` branch and rebasing your work on top of it, i.e. `git rebase main`.
+- Unit tests where appropriate. Bug fixes will benefit from the addition of regression tests. New features will not be accepted without suitable test coverage!
+- No more commits than necessary. Sometimes having multiple commits is useful for telling a story or isolating changes from one another, but please squash down any unnecessary commits that may just be for clean-up, comments or small changes.
+- No additional external dependencies that aren't absolutely essential. Please do everything you can to avoid pulling in additional libraries/dependencies as we will be very critical of these.
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+## Get Help
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+If you have questions about the contribution process, please start a [GitHub discussion](https://github.com/nats-io/nats.net.v2/discussions) or join the [NATS Slack](https://slack.nats.io/).

README.md

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 Find us on [slack.nats.io dotnet channel](https://natsio.slack.com/channels/dotnet)
 
+Please also check out the [Contributor Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [Code of Conduct](CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md).
+
 ## Attribution
 
 This library is based on the excellent work in [Cysharp/AlterNats](https://github.com/Cysharp/AlterNats)