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Many large FOSS projects (which this is aimed for) already have CONTRIBUTING.md etc... I personally prefer this non UI/Github specific approach.

• dhagz 11y ago
  I agree. This gives other git hosting providers the ability to implement the same feature using the same files.
  • JBiserkov 11y ago
    Yes. Yet it's a bit weird in case .github folder is used. Will they support a .bitbucket, .gitlab, etc. They could have used a more generic name like .contributing, but this increases the risk of name collision.
    • sytse 11y ago
      We plan to support both .github and .gitlab in GitLab https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/2864 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/2864
    • zardeh 11y ago
      or like .dotfiles/ or .repoconfig/
    • matheussampaio 11y ago
      They can start with `.github` and later give us a way to define a custom name, like adding something on `.gitconfig` or `.gitattributes`.