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I found it difficult to find the instructions for setting up a
development environment with my usual GitHub habits. In fact, I assumed
they don't exist and missed the very helpful information.

I hope that this commit will help others find them.
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[Request a change]: docs/contributing/requesting-a-change.md [Request a change]: docs/contributing/requesting-a-change.md
[Ask a question]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/discussions [Ask a question]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/discussions
[Add a translation]: docs/contributing/adding-translations [Add a translation]: docs/contributing/adding-translations
[Create a pull request]: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/pulls [Create a pull request]: docs/contributing/making-a-pull-request.md

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branch will be relatively short-lived and will disappear at the end, when branch will be relatively short-lived and will disappear at the end, when
your changes have been incorporated into the codebase. your changes have been incorporated into the codebase.
4. Next comes the iterative process of making edits, committing them to your 4. If you intend to make any code changes, as opposed to working on
documentation only, you will need to [set up a development
environment](#setting-up-a-development-environment).
5. Next comes the iterative process of making edits, committing them to your
clone. Please commit in sensible chunks that constitute a piece of work clone. Please commit in sensible chunks that constitute a piece of work
instead of committing everything in one go. instead of committing everything in one go.
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reviewer in mind when committing. In particular, make sure to write reviewer in mind when committing. In particular, make sure to write
meaningful commit messages. meaningful commit messages.
5. Push your work up to your fork regularly. 6. Push your work up to your fork regularly.
6. You should also keep an eye on changes in the Material for MkDocs repository 7. You should also keep an eye on changes in the Material for MkDocs repository
you cloned. This is especially important if you work takes a while. Please you cloned. This is especially important if you work takes a while. Please
try and merge any concurrent changes into your fork and into your branch try and merge any concurrent changes into your fork and into your branch
regularly. You *must* do this at least once before creating a pull request, regularly. You *must* do this at least once before creating a pull request,
so make your life easier and do it more often so as to minimize the risk of so make your life easier and do it more often so as to minimize the risk of
conflicting changes. conflicting changes.
7. Once you are happy that your changes are in a state that you can describe 8. Once you are happy that your changes are in a state that you can describe
them in a *draft* pull request, you should create this. Make sure to them in a *draft* pull request, you should create this. Make sure to
reference any previous discussions or issues that gave rise to your work. reference any previous discussions or issues that gave rise to your work.
Creating a draft is a good way to get *early* feedback on your work from the Creating a draft is a good way to get *early* feedback on your work from the
maintainer or others. You can explicitly request reviews at points where you maintainer or others. You can explicitly request reviews at points where you
think this would be important. think this would be important.
8. Review your work as if you were the reviewer and fix any issues with your 9. Review your work as if you were the reviewer and fix any issues with your
work so far. Look critically at the diffs of the files that you have changed. work so far. Look critically at the diffs of the files that you have changed.
In particular, pay attention to whether the changes are as small as possible In particular, pay attention to whether the changes are as small as possible
and whether you have follow the general coding style used in the project. and whether you have follow the general coding style used in the project.