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+# Contributing to `jenkins-sauce-ondemand-plugin`
+
+**Thank you for your interest in `jenkins-sauce-ondemand-plugin`. Your contributions are highly welcome.**
+
+There are multiple ways of getting involved:
+
+- [Report a bug](#report-a-bug)
+- [Suggest a feature](#suggest-a-feature)
+- [Contribute code](#contribute-code)
+
+Below are a few guidelines we would like you to follow.
+If you need help, please reach out to us by opening an issue.
+
+## Report a bug
+Reporting bugs is one of the best ways to contribute. Before creating a bug report, please check that an [issue](/issues) reporting the same problem does not already exist. If there is such an issue, you may add your information as a comment.
+
+To report a new bug, you should open an issue that summarizes the bug and set the label to "bug".
+
+If you want to provide a fix along with your bug report: That is great! In this case please send us a pull request as described in section [Contribute Code](#contribute-code).
+
+## Suggest a feature
+To request a new feature you should open an [issue](../../issues/new) and summarize the desired functionality and its use case. Set the issue label to "feature".
+
+## Contribute code
+This is an outline of what the workflow for code contributions looks like:
+
+- Check the list of open [issues](../../issues). Either assign an existing issue to yourself, or
+create a new one that you would like work on and discuss your ideas and use cases.
+
+It is always best to discuss your plans beforehand, to ensure that your contribution is in line with our goals.
+
+- Fork the repository on GitHub.
+- Create a topic branch from where you want to base your work. This is usually master.
+- Open a new pull request, label it `work in progress` and outline what you will be contributing.
+- Make commits of logical units.
+- Make sure you sign-off on your commits `git commit -s -m "adding X to change Y"`.
+- Write good commit messages (see below).
+- Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.
+- As you push your changes, update the pull request with new information and tasks as you complete them.
+- Project maintainers might comment on your work as you progress.
+- When you are done, remove the `work in progress` label and assign one of the maintainers to review.
+
+## Run Locally	
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+_Java_ and _Maven_
+
+- Ensure Java 8 or 11 is available.	
+
+  ```console	
+  $ java -version	
+  ```	
+  - Use the alternate Java 8.	
+
+  ```console	
+  $ export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8`	
+  $ echo $JAVA_HOME	
+  /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_252.jdk/Contents/Home
+  ```	
+
+- Ensure Maven > 3.6.0 is installed and included in the PATH environment variable.	
+
+  ```console
+  $ mvn --version	
+  ```	
+
+### Check out code
+
+To get the code base, have [git](https://git-scm.com/downloads) installed and run:
+
+```sh
+$ git clone git@github.com:saucelabs/jenkins-sauce-ondemand-plugin.git
+```
+
+### IDE configuration	
+
+See [IDE configuration](https://jenkins.io/doc/developer/development-environment/ide-configuration/).
+
+### CLI	
+
+To run tests:
+
+```console
+$ mvn test
+```
+
+To spin up a Jenkins server with your plugin and test manually:
+
+```console	
+$ mvn hpi:run	
+```	
+and wait for:
+```text	
+...	
+INFO: Jenkins is fully up and running	
+```	
+to appear.
+
+- Open <http://localhost:8080/jenkins/> to test the plugin locally.
+
+Refer to the [Sauce Labs Jenkins Integration doc](https://docs.saucelabs.com/ci/jenkins/index.html) for instructions on how to create a job that uses this plugin.
+
+---
+
+**Have fun, and happy hacking!**
+
+Thanks for your contributions!
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 [Jira](https://issues.jenkins.io/browse/JENKINS/component/15751)
 instance.
 
+### Contributing
+Refer to our [contribution guidelines](./CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
 ### Changelog
 
 See <https://github.com/saucelabs/jenkins-sauce-ondemand-plugin/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md>