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 This project provides Netflix OSS integrations for Spring Boot apps through autoconfiguration
 and binding to the Spring Environment and other Spring programming model idioms. With a few
 simple annotations you can quickly enable and configure the common patterns inside your
-application and build large distributed systems with battle-tested Netflix components. The 
-patterns provided include Service Discovery (Eureka), Circuit Breaker (Hystrix), 
+application and build large distributed systems with battle-tested Netflix components. The
+patterns provided include Service Discovery (Eureka), Circuit Breaker (Hystrix),
 Intelligent Routing (Zuul) and Client Side Load Balancing (Ribbon).
 
 
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 * External Configuration: a bridge from the Sprnig Environment to Archaius (enabls native configuration of Netflix components using Spring Boot conventions)
 * Router and Filter: automatic regsitration of Zuul filters,a nd a simple convention over configuration approach to reverse proxy creation
 
+== Building
+
+== Basic Compile and Test
+
+To build the source you will need to install
+http://maven.apache.org/run-maven/index.html[Apache Maven] v3.0.6 or above and JDK 1.7.
+
+Spring Cloud uses Maven for most build-related activities, and you
+should be able to get off the ground quite quickly by cloning the
+project you are interested in and typing
+
+----
+$ mvn install -s .settings.xml
+----
+
+NOTE: You may need to increase the amount of memory available to Maven by setting
+a `MAVEN_OPTS` environment variable with the value `-Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m`
+
+The `.settings.xml` is only required the first time (or after updates
+to dependencies). It is there to provide repository declarations so
+that those do not need to be hard coded in the project poms.
+
+For hints on how to build the project look in `.travis.yml` if there
+is one. There should be a "script" and maybe "install" command. Also
+look at the "services" section to see if any services need to be
+running locally (e.g. mongo or rabbit).  Ignore the git-related bits
+that you might find in "before_install" since they will be able git
+credentials and you already have those.
+
+If you need mongo, rabbit or redis, see the README in the [scripts
+demo repository](https://github.com/spring-cloud-samples/scripts) for
+instructions. For example consider using the "fig.yml" with
+[Fig](http://www.fig.sh/) to run them in Docker containers.
+
+== Documentation
+
+The spring-cloud-build module has a "docs" profile, and if you switch
+that on it will try to build asciidoc sources from
+`src/main/asciidoc`. As part of that process it will look for a
+`README.adoc` and process it by loading all the includes, but not
+parsing or rendering it, just copying it to `${main.basedir}`
+(defaults to `${basedir}`, i.e. the root of the project). If there are
+any changes in the README it will then show up after a Maven build as
+a modified file in the correct place. Just commit it and push the change.
+
+== Pull Requests
+
+Spring Cloud is released under the non-restrictive Apache 2.0 license,
+and follows a very standard Github development process, using Github
+tracker for issues and merging pull requests into master. If you want
+to contribute even something trivial please do not hesitate, but
+follow the guidelines below.
+
+=== Sign the Contributor License Agreement
+Before we accept a non-trivial patch or pull request we will need you
+to sign the
+https://support.springsource.com/spring_committer_signup[contributor's
+agreement].  Signing the contributor's agreement does not grant anyone
+commit rights to the main repository, but it does mean that we can
+accept your contributions, and you will get an author credit if we do.
+Active contributors might be asked to join the core team, and given
+the ability to merge pull requests.
+
+=== Code Conventions and Housekeeping
+None of these is essential for a pull request, but they will all help.  They can also be
+added after the original pull request but before a merge.
+
+* Use the Spring Framework code format conventions. If you use Eclipse and you follow
+  the ``Importing into eclipse'' instructions below you should get project specific
+  formatting automatically. You can also import formatter settings using the
+  `eclipse-code-formatter.xml` file from the `eclipse` folder. If using IntelliJ, you can
+  use the http://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/6546[Eclipse Code Formatter Plugin]
+  to import the same file.
+* Make sure all new `.java` files to have a simple Javadoc class comment with at least an
+  `@author` tag identifying you, and preferably at least a paragraph on what the class is
+  for.
+* Add the ASF license header comment to all new `.java` files (copy from existing files
+  in the project)
+* Add yourself as an `@author` to the .java files that you modify substantially (more
+  than cosmetic changes).
+* Add some Javadocs and, if you change the namespace, some XSD doc elements.
+* A few unit tests would help a lot as well -- someone has to do it.
+* If no-one else is using your branch, please rebase it against the current master (or
+  other target branch in the main project).
+
+=== Working with the code
+If you don't have an IDE preference we would recommend that you use
+http://www.springsource.com/developer/sts[Spring Tools Suite] or
+http://eclipse.org[Eclipse] when working with the code. We use the
+http://eclipse.org/m2e/[m2eclipe] eclipse plugin for maven support. Other IDEs and tools
+should also work without issue.
+
+=== Importing into eclipse with m2eclipse
+We recommend the http://eclipse.org/m2e/[m2eclipe] eclipse plugin when working with
+eclipse. If you don't already have m2eclipse installed it is available from the "eclipse
+marketplace".
+
+=== Importing into eclipse without m2eclipse
+If you prefer not to use m2eclipse you can generate eclipse project metadata using the
+following command:
+
+[indent=0]
+----
+	$ mvn eclipse:eclipse
+----
+
+The generated eclipse projects can be imported by selecting `import existing projects`
+from the `file` menu.
+
+=== Importing into other IDEs
+Maven is well supported by most Java IDEs. Refer to you vendor documentation.
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