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 The average contribution flow is as follows:
 
-- Create a topic branch from where you want to base your work. This is usually master.
+- Create a topic branch from where you want to base your work. This is usually `develop`.
 - Make commits of logical units.
 - Make sure your commit messages are in the [proper format]
 - Push your changes to a topic branch in your fork of the repository.