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+## Description of the change
+
+> Please include a summary of the change and which issues are fixed.
+> Please also include relevant motivation and context.
+
+## Type of change
+
+- [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
+- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
+- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
+- [ ] Maintenance
+- [ ] New release
+
+## Related issues
+
+> Shortcut stories and GitHub issues (delete irrelevant)
+
+- Fix [SC-]
+- Fix #1
+
+## Checklists
+
+### Development
+
+- [ ] Tests pass locally
+- [ ] The code changed/added as part of this pull request has been covered with tests
+- [ ] All tests related to the changed code pass in development
+
+### Code review
+
+- [ ] This pull request has a descriptive title and information useful to a reviewer. There may be a screenshot or screencast attached
+- [ ] "Ready for review" label attached to the PR and reviewers assigned
+- [ ] Issue from task tracker has a link to this pull request
+- [ ] Changes have been reviewed by at least one other engineer
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+# Change Log
+
+## 1.0.0-beta.1
+- Add CHANGELOG.md, CONTRIBUTING.md and pull_request_template.md
+
+## 1.0.0-alpha.1
+- Create plugin to upload mappings file 
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+# How to contribute
+
+First of all, thank you for wanting to contribute to Rollbar! We want to keep it as easy as possible to contribute
+changes that get things working in your environment. There are a few guidelines that we need contributors to follow so
+that we have a chance of keeping on top of things.
+
+## Making Changes
+
+1. [Fork](http://help.github.com/forking/) on GitHub
+1. Clone your fork locally
+1. Configure the upstream repo (`git remote add upstream git://github.com/rollbar/rollbar-gradle-plugin`)
+1. Create a local branch (`git checkout -b myBranch`)
+1. Work on your feature
+1. Rebase if required (see below)
+1. Push the branch up to GitHub (`git push origin myBranch`)
+1. Send a Pull Request on GitHub
+
+You should **never** work on a clone of main, and you should **never** send a pull request from main - always from a
+branch. The reasons for this are detailed below.
+
+## Handling Updates from Upstream/Main
+
+While you're working away in your branch it's quite possible that your upstream main (most likely the canonical
+rollbar-java version) may be updated. If this happens you should:
+
+1. [Stash](http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Stashing) or commit any un-committed changes you need to
+1. `git checkout main`
+1. `git pull upstream main`
+1. `git checkout myBranch`
+1. `git rebase main myBranch`
+1. `git push origin main` - (optional) this makes sure your remote main is up to date
+
+This ensures that your history is "clean" i.e. you have one branch off from main followed by your changes in a
+straight line. Failing to do this ends up with several "messy" merges in your history, which we don't want. This is the
+reason why you should always work in a branch and you should never be working in, or sending pull requests from, main.
+
+If you're working on a long running feature then you may want to do this quite often, rather than run the risk of
+potential merge issues further down the line.
+
+## Sending a Pull Request
+
+While working on your feature you may well create several branches, which is fine, but before you send a pull request
+you should ensure that you have rebased back to a single "Feature branch". We care about your commits, and we care about
+your feature branch; but we don't care about how many or which branches you created while you were working on it
+:smile:.
+
+When you're ready to go you should confirm that you are up to date and rebased with upstream/main (see "Handling
+Updates from Upstream/Main" above), and then:
+
+1. `git push origin myBranch`
+1. Send a descriptive [Pull Request](http://help.github.com/pull-requests/) on GitHub - making sure you have selected
+   the correct branch in the GitHub UI!
+1. Wait for someone at Rollbar to merge your changes.
+
+And remember; **A pull-request with tests is a pull-request that's likely to be pulled in.** :grin: