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+# Contributing to a Chef Project
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+Thank you for your interest in contributing to this project! It is part of the larger Progress ecosystem of projects but is governed by the Chef Client contribution guidelines, which may be found at [Contributing to Progress Chef Infra Client](https://chef.github.io/chef-oss-practices/projects/chef/contributing/).
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