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@@ -4,13 +4,22 @@ Thank you for your interest in contributing to this project! We're excited to ha
 
 Here are a few simple guidelines to get started:
 
-1. **Submitting Issues**
+## Submitting Issues
 
-   - Feel free to open an issue if you find a bug, have a question, or want to suggest a feature. Please provide as much detail as possible.
+Feel free to open an issue if you find a bug, have a question, or want to suggest a feature. Please provide as much detail as possible.
 
-2. **Pull Requests**
+## Pull Requests
 
-   - When submitting a pull request, please ensure that your changes are well-tested and documented where necessary.
-   - We recommend opening an issue first if you plan to work on a new feature or significant change, so we can discuss it.
+The `main` branch is a snapshot of the latest production version. All development must be done in dedicated branches and will be merged to `development` branch.
+
+### Steps
+
+1. We recommend opening an issue first if you plan to work on a new feature or significant change, so we can discuss it.
+1. Fork the unittcms repository
+1. Create a new branch out of the `develop` branch.
+1. When submitting a pull request, please ensure that your changes are well-tested and documented where necessary.
+1. It is no problem to have multiple commits while working on the PR. We'll let GitHub squash it automatically before the merge.
+
+## Thanks
 
 Thank you for your contributions! Every issue reported and pull request submitted helps make this project better.