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+simple_oauth
+============
+Simply builds and verifies OAuth headers
+
+Submitting a Pull Request
+-------------------------
+1. Fork the project.
+2. Create a topic branch.
+3. Implement your feature or bug fix.
+4. Add documentation for your feature or bug fix.
+5. Run <tt>bundle exec rake doc:yard</tt>. If your changes are not 100% documented, go back to step 4.
+6. Add tests for your feature or bug fix.
+7. Run <tt>bundle exec rake test</tt>. If your changes are not 100% covered, go back to step 6.
+8. Commit and push your changes.
+9. Submit a pull request. Please do not include changes to the gemspec or version file. (If you want to create your own version for some reason, please do so in a separate commit.)
+
+Copyright
+---------
+Copyright (c) 2010 Steve Richert. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/laserlemon/simple_oauth/blob/master/LICENSE.md) for details.
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-= simple_oauth
-
-Simply builds and verifies OAuth headers
-
-== Note on Patches/Pull Requests
- 
-* Fork the project.
-* Make your feature addition or bug fix.
-* Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a
-  future version unintentionally.
-* Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history.
-  (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
-* Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.
-
-== Copyright
-
-Copyright (c) 2010 Steve Richert. See LICENSE for details.