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@@ -106,3 +106,7 @@ $ open coverage/lcov-report/index.html
 # Linux
 $ xdg-open coverage/lcov-report/index.html
 ```
+
+### Submitting Pull Requests
+
+This project follows [GitHub's standard forking model](https://guides.github.com/activities/forking/). Please fork the project to submit pull requests.