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## Contributing to Beam

*Before opening a pull request*, review the
[Beam contribution guide](https://beam.apache.org/contribute/).
It lists steps that are required before creating a PR. In particular, consider

- Have you searched for existing, related Issues and pull requests?
- Have you shared your intent by creating an issue and commenting that you plan to take it on?
- If the change is large, have you discussed it on the dev@ mailing list?
- Is the change being proposed clearly explained and motivated?
