From d247be4b1201629a415ad76cd7b1fa2b34c28be3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Omar <omarmorshedy@proton.me>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 20:59:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add contributing.md

---
 .gitignore      | 1 +
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.md

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9017604..b5e64f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ node_modules/
 .sqlite/
 .env
 out/
+.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d26655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The `master` branch is used purely for deploying to production. All work should be done on the `development` branch but branching off of it following the naming scheme `<feature>/<issue_number>-<name>`, for example, `feature/58-fix-test-environment`
\ No newline at end of file