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+# Description
+
+Please add an informative description that covers that changes made by the pull request and link all relevant issues.
+
+If an SDK is being regenerated based on a new swagger spec, a link to the pull request containing these swagger spec changes has been included above.
+
+# All SDK Contribution checklist:
+- [ ] **The pull request does not introduce [breaking changes]**
+- [ ] **CHANGELOG is updated for new features, bug fixes or other significant changes.**
+- [ ] **I have read the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).**
+
+## [General Guidelines and Best Practices](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#general-guidelines)
+- [ ] Title of the pull request is clear and informative.
+- [ ] There are a small number of commits, each of which have an informative message. This means that previously merged commits do not appear in the history of the PR. For more information on cleaning up the commits in your PR, [see this page](https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/blob/master/documentation/development-docs/cleaning-up-commits.md).
+
+### [Testing Guidelines](../../CONTRIBUTING.md#building-and-unit-testing)
+- [ ] Pull request includes test coverage for the included changes.
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-<!-- DO NOT DELETE THIS TEMPLATE -->
-# Azure SDK for Java Pull Request Template Guide
-
-Thank you for your interest in contributing to Azure SDK for Java.
-
-## Description
-<!--
-Please add an informative description that covers that changes made by the pull request.
-
-If you are regenerating your SDK based off of a new swagger spec, please add the link to the corresponding swagger spec pull request that has been merged in the azure-rest-api-specs repository
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-
----
-
-This checklist is used to make sure that common guidelines for a pull request are followed.
-- [ ] Please add REST spec PR link to the SDK PR
-- [ ] **I have read the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).**
-- [ ] **The pull request does not introduce breaking changes.**
-
-### [General Guidelines](../../CONTRIBUTING.md#Pull Requests)
-- [ ] Title of the pull request is clear and informative.
-- [ ] There are a small number of commits, each of which have an informative message. This means that previously merged commits do not appear in the history of the PR. For more information on cleaning up the commits in your PR, [see this page](../../CONTRIBUTING.md#Pull Requests).
-
-### [Testing Guidelines](../../CONTRIBUTING.md#Building and Testing)
-- [ ] Pull request includes test coverage for the included changes.