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+# Contributing
+
+This project welcomes contributions and suggestions.  Most contributions require you to agree to a
+Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us
+the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.microsoft.com.
+
+When you submit a pull request, a CLA-bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide
+a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., label, comment). Simply follow the instructions
+provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.
+
+This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/).
+For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or
+contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additional questions or comments.
+
+# Section Structure/Pattern
+
+Each section consist of the following partss
+
+1. Summary
+   1. Explain why this will positively impact the project
+   2. What are potential consequences of not using this in my project?
+   3. Describe how the concept works
+2. Detailed Description
+   1. Dive into specific areas of what is described in the above summary
+3. Recipes
+   1. Tool specific implementations of the concept
+   2. Named patterns or games that implement the concept (usually applies to agile cermonies)
+4. Case Studies
+   1. Examples that illustrate how a team implemented the concept
+   2. What problem was the team try to solve with their implementation?
+   3. What worked well?
+   4. Opportunities for improvement
+   5. External Reference Material
+
+## Example Directory Hierarchy
+
+The following illustrates how the directory structure could be organized.
+
+```
+- /continuous-integration
+    - README.md (Conceptual)
+    - /e2e-testing-in-ci
+        - README.md
+    - /static-code-analysis
+        - README.md
+    - /recipes
+        - /azure-devops
+            - versioning-ci-builds-in-azure-devops.md
+            - sonar-qube-integration.md
+            - ci-pipeline-for-dotnet-core.md
+            - ci-pipeline-for-python.md
+        - /jenkins
+    - /case-studies
+        - contoso-ci-pipeline-for-terraform.md
+```
+
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