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+Contributing
+------------
+
+>**Note** 
+>Unless you're documenting a feature that's new to Symfony 2.1, all pull
+>requests must be based off of the **2.0** branch, **not** the master branch.
+
+We love contributors! For more information on how you can contribute to the
+Symfony documentation, please read [Contributing to the Documentation](http://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/documentation/overview.html)