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+Contributing
+============
+
+The same [guidelines as in cryogen-core](https://github.com/cryogen-project/cryogen-core/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) apply here.
+
+Testing
+-------
+
+Clone the repo locally and switch to the branch you want to try. Then:
+
+    clojure -Sdeps '{:deps {c/c {:local/root "/path/to/cryogen"}}}' -Tclj-new create :template cryogen :name test1/myblog :force true