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+Hacking
+=================================
+blah blah
+
+Running tests
+---------------------------------
+
+Tox is all you need::
+
+  tox
+
+Test when changes are made to common/soledad
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+If you modify soledad or leap.common packages::
+
+  tox -e py27-dev
+
+Setting up the development environment
+--------------------------------------
+
+Dependencies::
+
+  apt install ...
+
+There are different requirements files::
+
+  ...
+
+How to contribute
+---------------------------------
+
+Merge requests to https://0xacab/leap/bitmask-dev
+
+Coding conventions
+---------------------------------
+* pep8
+* pre-commit hook (more utils in docs/hooks folder)
+
+Pinning
+----------------------------------
+Only in the requirements files.
+
+Signing your commits
+---------------------------------
+* For contributors with commit access
+
+Developing on the gui
+---------------------------------
+blah blah. see some other README
+
+Developing on the Javascript UI
+---------------------------------
+blah blah. see the main README
+
+Developing on the Thunderbird Extension
+---------------------------------------
+blah blah
+
+Making a new release
+--------------------
+A checklist for the release process can be found :ref:`here <release>`
+
+Contribution ideas
+------------------
+Want to help?
+
+Some areas in which we always need contribution are:
+
+* Localization of the client (talk to elijah).
+* Multiplatform gitlab runners
+* Windows and OSX packaging
+* Windows Firewall integration for VPN
+* Migrating components to py3 (look for vshyba or kali).