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@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ email, or any other method with the owners of this repository before making a ch
 1. Ensure that you've tested your feature/change yourself. As the primary focus of this project is deployment, providing a link to a deployed repository using your branch is preferred. You can reference the forked action using your GitHub username, for example `yourname/github-pages-deplpy-action@master`.	
 2. Make sure you update the README if you've made a change that requires documentation.	
 3. When making a pull request, highlight any areas that may cause a breaking change so the maintainer can update the version number accordingly on the GitHub marketplace.
+4. Make sure you've formatted and linted your code. You can do this by running `yarn format` and `yarn lint`. 
+5. Fix or add any tests where applicable. You can run `yarn test` to run the suite.
 
 # Deploying