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 ## Optional Blazegraph integration
 
 TGN can be slow and respond with bad json at times... so support for Blazegraph has been added and may work with
-marmotta (untested). To enable this, first setup a blazegraph instance with TGN and AAT loaded into it. For instructions 
+marmotta (untested). To enable this, first setup a blazegraph instance with TGN and AAT loaded into it. For instructions
 on this, see:
 [https://github.com/projecthydra-labs/geomash/wiki/Blazegraph-Setup](https://github.com/projecthydra-labs/geomash/wiki/Blazegraph-Setup)
 
 Once setup, you need to update the Blazegraph section of the sample config file with the correct settings. The "url" refers
 to the sparql endpoint (ie. http://localhost:8988/blazegraph/sparql). The contexts refer to whatever uri you loaded your
-TGN and AAT vocabularies under. Examples might be: http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat for those 
+TGN and AAT vocabularies under. Examples might be: http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn and http://vocab.getty.edu/aat for those
 two settings.
 
 ## Contributing
 
+If you're working on PR for this project, create a feature branch off of `main`.
+
+This repository follows the [Samvera Community Code of Conduct](https://samvera.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/samvera/pages/405212316/Code+of+Conduct) and [language recommendations](https://github.com/samvera/maintenance/blob/master/templates/CONTRIBUTING.md#language).  Please ***do not*** create a branch called `master` for this repository or as part of your pull request; the branch will either need to be removed or renamed before it can be considered for inclusion in the code base and history of this repository.
+
+### Steps
+
 1. As this is geared for our use case, let me know about your interest in this gem and how you would like it to function.
 2. Fork it
 3. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)