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 This section has moved here: https://facebook.github.io/create-react-app/docs/troubleshooting#npm-run-build-fails-to-minify
 
 ## Acknowledgments
-This software has been developed by and is brought to you by the Samvera community.  Learn more at the 
+This software has been developed by and is brought to you by the Samvera community.  Learn more at the
 [Samvera website](http://samvera.org/).
 
 ![Samvera Logo](https://wiki.duraspace.org/download/thumbnails/87459292/samvera-fall-font2-200w.png?version=1&modificationDate=1498550535816&api=v2)
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 ## Contributing
 
 Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/samvera-labs/browse-everything-redux-react/.
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+If you're working on a PR for this project, create a feature branch off of `main`.
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+This repository follows the [Samvera Community Code of Conduct](https://samvera.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/samvera/pages/405212316/Code+of+Conduct) and [language recommendations](https://github.com/samvera/maintenance/blob/master/templates/CONTRIBUTING.md#language).  Please ***do not*** create a branch called `master` for this repository or as part of your pull request; the branch will either need to be removed or renamed before it can be considered for inclusion in the code base and history of this repository.