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Expand Up @@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ Read that first.** In short:
- CI green + 1 approval (a lead's if it can move hardware), then **Squash and merge**.
- Leads bring tested releases into `main`; you never merge into `main` yourself.

**Where to work:** clone this repo into the `dev/` folder of a Nova-Collected
clone, e.g. `Nova/dev/frontend` (see "Getting started as a developer" in the
Nova-Collected README), or anywhere else you like. Branch from `dev` there.
Never work in the `prod/` or `pi/` submodules of Nova-Collected: they show the
released version and are overwritten when it changes.

This file only covers what is specific to this repo.

## Before you open a PR
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Run the backend with its simulators (see novaOps-back `CONTRIBUTING.md`), then
`npm run dev`, and go through the testing procedure
(`docs/testing-procedure.md` in Nova-Collected). The UI talks to the backend
([testing procedure](https://github.com/UTATRocketry/Nova-Collected/blob/main/docs/development/testing-procedure.md)). The UI talks to the backend
URL in `.env.local`; copy `.env.example` to start.

## Scopes for PR titles
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