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# Contributing to Fluo Bytes

See [How to Contribute][contribute] for general instructions on contributing to any Fluo project.

## Building Fluo Bytes

If you have [Git], [Maven], and [Java][java] (version 8+) installed, run these commands to build
Fluo Bytes:

    git clone https://github.com/apache/fluo-bytes.git
    cd fluo-bytes
    mvn package

## Pull Request

Before making a pull request please attempt to run `mvn verify`.  If it fails and you are not sure 
why, it's OK to go ahead make the pull request with a comment about the failure.

[Git]: https://git-scm.com/
[java]: http://openjdk.java.net/
[Maven]: https://maven.apache.org/
[contribute]: https://fluo.apache.org/how-to-contribute/