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+Contributing to pyscal
+=========================
+
+* The code is hosted on https://github.com/equinor/pyscal
+* Submit bugs on github
+* Pull requests are welcome!
+
+Code style
+----------
+
+* Use the black formatter to format your code
+
+  * ``pip install black``
+  * ``black <modulename.py>`` -- must be done prior to any pull request.
+
+* Use flake8 code checker
+
+  * ``pip install flake8``
+  * ``flake8 src tests`` must pass before any pull request is accepted
+  * Exceptions are listed in ``setup.cfg``
+
+* Use pylint to improve coding
+
+  * ``pip install pylint``
+  * Then run ``pylint pyscal``
+  * Deviations from default (strict) pylint are stored in ``.pylintrc`` at root level,
+    or as comments in the file e.g. ``# pylint: disable=broad-except``.
+  * Only use deviations when e.g. black and pylint are in conflict, or if conformity with
+    pylint would clearly make the code worse or not work at all. Do not use it to
+    increase pylint score.
+
+* All code must be throroughly tested with ``pytest``.
+
+Building documentation
+----------------------
+
+Install the development requirements::
+
+  pip install .[tests]
+
+Then, to build the documentation for pyscal run the following command::
+
+  python setup.py build_sphinx
+
+And now you can find the start page of the documentation in the
+build folder: ``build/sphinx/html/index.html``.
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-
-Contributing to pyscal
-=========================
-
-* The code is hosted on https://github.com/equinor/pyscal
-* Submit bugs on github
-* Pull requests are welcome!
-
-Code style
-----------
-
-* Use the black formatter to format your code
-
-  * ``pip install black``
-  * ``black <modulename.py>`` -- must be done prior to any pull request.
-
-* Use flake8 code checker
-
-  * ``pip install flake8``
-  * ``flake8 src tests`` must pass before any pull request is accepted
-  * Exceptions are listed in ``setup.cfg``
-
-* Use pylint to improve coding
-
-  * ``pip install pylint``
-  * Then run ``pylint pyscal``
-  * Deviations from default (strict) pylint are stored in ``.pylintrc`` at root level,
-    or as comments in the file e.g. ``# pylint: disable=broad-except``.
-  * Only use deviations when e.g. black and pylint are in conflict, or if conformity with
-    pylint would clearly make the code worse or not work at all. Do not use it to
-    increase pylint score.
-
-* All code must be throroughly tested with ``pytest``.
-
-Building documentation
-----------------------
-
-Install the development requirements::
-
-  pip install .[tests]
-
-Then, to build the documentation for pyscal run the following command::
-
-  python setup.py build_sphinx
-
-And now you can find the start page of the documentation in the
-build folder: ``build/sphinx/html/index.html``
+.. include:: ../CONTRIBUTING.rst
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