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From: domenicsim1 <87625140+domenicsim1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:59:10 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md

Co-authored-by: Matt Hilton <730704+mjhilton@users.noreply.github.com>
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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 4 +++-
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 ## Getting Started
 
-This project is built, tested, and released by workflows defined in GitHub Actions (see [Actions](/actions/) for more information). Release management is controlled through [Release-Please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please). Please use conventional commits.
+This project is built, tested, and released by workflows defined in GitHub Actions (see [Actions](/actions/) for more information). Release management is controlled through [Release-Please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please). 
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+Please use [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/#summary), and choose the "Squash and Merge" option to merge your PR (so we get a nice, clear Git history that makes it obvious what's changed)
 
 ### Issues