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+Sorry, we do not accept changes directly against this repository. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for information on where and how to contribute instead.
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+# Contributing guidelines
+
+Do not open pull requests directly against this repository, they will be ignored. Instead, please open pull requests against [kubernetes/kubernetes](https://git.k8s.io/kubernetes/).  Please follow the same [contributing guide](https://git.k8s.io/kubernetes/CONTRIBUTING.md) you would follow for any other pull request made to kubernetes/kubernetes.
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+This repository is synced from [kubernetes/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/noderesourcetopology-api](https://git.k8s.io/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/noderesourcetopology-api) by the [kubernetes publishing-bot](https://git.k8s.io/publishing-bot).
+
+Please see [Staging Directory and Publishing](https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/staging.md) for more information.