From 1aae24f313e8077b43217103f37caade97aa9744 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cole Helbling <cole.helbling@determinate.systems>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 08:45:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] README: add contributing and testing sections

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+## Contributing
+
+Feel free to send a PR or open an issue if you find something functions unexpectedly! Please make sure to test your changes and update any related documentation before submitting your PR.
+
+### How to test changes
+
+In order to more easily test your changes to this action, we have created a template repository that should point you in the right direction: https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/update-flake-lock-test-template. Please see the README in that repository for instructions on testing your changes.