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 Our [Drone CI configuration](.drone.yml) runs a number of sanity on each pushed commit. See the [Makefile](./Makefile) for more handy targets.
 
+Please use the [conventional commit format](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) for your commits so we can automate our change log.
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 ## Fork maintenance
 
 We maintain a fork of [godotenv](https://github.com/Autonomic-Cooperative/godotenv) for two features: