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 }
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+[[code-of-conduct]]
+== Code of Conduct
+This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant link:CODE_OF_CONDUCT.adoc[code of conduct]. By participating, you  are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to spring-code-of-conduct@pivotal.io.
+
 [[building-the-project]]
 == Building the Project