update README boilerplate

README.md

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Puppet nsstools Module
     * [Tested Platforms](#tested-platforms)
 5. [Versioning](#versioning)
 6. [Support](#support)
-7. [See Also](#see-also)
+7. [Contributing](#contributing)
+8. [See Also](#see-also)
 
 
 Overview
@@ -360,6 +361,25 @@ Adding other Linux distributions and operatingsystems should be trivial.
 
  * el6.x
 
+Contributing
+------------
+
+1. Fork it on github
+2. Make a local clone of your fork
+3. Create a topic branch.  Eg, `feature/mousetrap`
+4. Make/commit changes
+    * Commit messages should be in [imperative tense](http://git-scm.com/book/ch5-2.html)
+    * Check that linter warnings or errors are not introduced - `bundle exec rake lint`
+    * Check that `Rspec-puppet` unit tests are not broken and coverage is added for new
+      features - `bundle exec rake spec`
+    * Documentation of API/features is updated as appropriate in the README
+    * If present, `beaker` acceptance tests should be run and potentially
+      updated - `bundle exec rake beaker`
+5. When the feature is complete, rebase / squash the branch history as
+   necessary to remove "fix typo", "oops", "whitespace" and other trivial commits
+6. Push the topic branch to github
+7. Open a Pull Request (PR) from the *topic branch* onto parent repo's `master` branch
+
 
 Versioning
 ----------