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 Please use the OSRM-Project bug tracker [(4)] for submitting any bug reports or feature requests.
 
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+Contribute
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+If you like to contribute, you can simply fork the project and start coding.
+When you are going to provide a more substantial addition, please create a new branch first.
+For pull requests use the develop branch as target, never the master branch. 
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+
 Integration into Project-OSRM repository
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 The Project-OSRM repository already contains the frontend repository as a submodule.