[jira] [Commented] (THRIFT-2855) Move contributing.md to the root of the repository

["Jake Farrell (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jake Farrell commented on THRIFT-2855:
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We have been trying to reduce the number of top level files in the repository and make it simpler for someone who is checking out the project to get started with. All the docs/* files also help to generate the website content based on this path. not for or against this, but would like to keep to the goal of reducing files in the project root as much as possible 

> Move contributing.md to the root of the repository
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>                 Key: THRIFT-2855
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-2855
>             Project: Thrift
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Documentation
>            Reporter: Cash Costello
>            Priority: Minor
>
> Github automatically picks up the file CONTRIBUTING.md if it is in the root of the repository and adds a notice for those making pull requests. See https://help.github.com/articles/setting-guidelines-for-repository-contributors/
> This should reduce the number of times that Thrift developers have to manually post links to the contributing guidelines on Github pull requests.



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