From c1cac76c736201f5180484eebdcc9c7eb3a6c71b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ted Nyman <ted@ted.io>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:31:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update README to detail best pull request style

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 README.md | 12 ++++++++++++
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45da9e3a..66c163ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ For more information on gitignore: [gitignore(5)][g5]
 [pr]: http://help.github.com/pull-requests/
 [g5]: http://man.cx/gitignore
 
+## Pull Requests
+
+Since this repo includes a large and diverse
+number of programming languages, frameworks, editors,
+and ecosystems, it's **very helpful** if you can provide 
+a link to information supporting your pull request. 
+Up-to-date, canonical documentation that mentions the files 
+to be ignored is best.
+
+This ensures we can efficiently go through pull requests
+and keep quality high.
+
 ## Global Ignores
 
 git has a global configuration that applies rules to all of