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Signed-off-by: Björn Svensson <[email protected]>

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing
+
+:tada:Thanks for taking the time to contribute!:tada:
+
+Contributions from the community are welcome. Feel free to open a PR with a bugfix or new feature.
+Note that if you would like to merge a large feature it's probably a good idea to open an issue first rather than spending a lot of time on a PR that may not be accepted.
+
+## Developer Certificate of Origin
+
+We respect the intellectual property rights of others and we want to make sure
+all incoming contributions are correctly attributed and licensed. A Developer
+Certificate of Origin (DCO) is a lightweight mechanism to do that. The DCO is
+a declaration attached to every commit. In the commit message of the contribution,
+the developer simply adds a `Signed-off-by` statement and thereby agrees to the DCO,
+which you can find below or at [DeveloperCertificate.org](http://developercertificate.org/).
+
+```text
+Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
+
+By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
+
+(a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
+    have the right to submit it under the open source license
+    indicated in the file; or
+
+(b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the
+    best of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open
+    source license and I have the right under that license to
+    submit that work with modifications, whether created in whole
+    or in part by me, under the same open source license (unless
+    I am permitted to submit under a different license), as
+    Indicated in the file; or
+
+(c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
+    person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
+    it.
+
+(d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
+    are public and that a record of the contribution (including
+    all personal information I submit with it, including my
+    sign-off) is maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed
+    consistent with this project or the open source license(s)
+    involved.
+```
+
+We require that every contribution to libvalkey to be signed with a DCO. We require the
+usage of known identity (such as a real or preferred name). We do not accept anonymous
+contributors nor those utilizing pseudonyms. A DCO signed commit will contain a line like:
+
+```text
+Signed-off-by: Jane Smith <[email protected]>
+```
+
+You may type this line on your own when writing your commit messages. However, if your
+user.name and user.email are set in your git configs, you can use `git commit` with `-s`
+or `--signoff` to add the `Signed-off-by` line to the end of the commit message. We also
+require revert commits to include a DCO.
+
+If you're contributing code to the libvalkey project in any other form, including
+sending a code fragment or patch via private email or public discussion groups,
+you need to ensure that the contribution is in accordance with the DCO.
+
+## Coding conventions
+
+### Code style
+
+Adhere to the existing coding style and make sure to mimic best possible.
+
+### Code formatting
+
+When making a change, please use `git clang-format` or [format-files.sh](./scripts/format-files.sh) to format your changes properly.
+This repository is currently using `clang-format` 18.1.3 to format the code, which can be installed using `pip install clang-format==18.1.3` or other preferred method.

README.md

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 ## Contributing
 
-Contributions from the community are welcome. Feel free to open a PR with a bugfix or new feature. Note that if you would like to merge a large feature it's probably a good idea to open an issue first rather than spending a lot of time on a PR that may not be accepted.
-
-When making a change, please use `git clang-format` or [format-files.sh](./scripts/format-files.sh) to format your changes properly. This repository is currently using `clang-format` 18.1.3 to format the code.
+Please see the [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](https://github.com/valkey-io/libvalkey/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).