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+Hacking TAME
+============
+
+Copyright (C) 2018 R-T Speciality, LLC.
+
+  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+  document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
+  Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software
+  Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no
+  Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license is included the file
+  COPYING.FDL.
+
+
+This document describes conventions for developers of TAME.
+
+
+Commit Messages
+---------------
+Tags/indicators in commit messages help to determine version number bumps.
+
+  - Backwards-compatibility (BC) breaks must have commit subject lines
+    prefixed with the string "[BC BREAK] ".
+
+  - Feature commit subjects must be suffixed with " (feature)".
+
+  - Bugfix commit subjects must be suffixed with " (bugfix)".
+
+
+Versioning Scheme
+-----------------
+Use semantic versioning:
+
+  - Backwards-incompatible changes must increment the major version number;
+  - Feature additions must increment minor; and
+  - Bugfixes must increment revision.
+
+When incrementing a number, reset all that follow.
+