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From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:30:24 +0200
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+This repository hosts the [HTML Standard](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/).
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+### Pull requests
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+The short version is that all you need to do is change the `source` resource and submit a patch. The longer version is that you probably want to read the [WHATWG FAQ](https://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ) first.
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+### Merge policy
+
+The green button shall not be pushed. Each change needs to result in a single commit on the master repository.