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+Thanks for your interest in contributing to CMake!  The GitHub repository
+is a mirror provided for convenience, but CMake does not use GitHub pull
+requests for contribution.  Please see
+
+  https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/tree/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+
+for contribution instructions.  GitHub OAuth may be used to sign in.