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-Please mention the issue #… in the pull request.
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+Please mention the issue #… in the pull request.
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+Please remember to follow the documented [commit process](https://github.com/adobe/jsonschema2md/blob/master/Contributing.md#commit-message-format), specifcally commit using `npm run commit` which will construct the commit template required for automated semantic releases.