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 ### Guidelines for pull requests
 
 1. Respect Notepad++ coding style.
-2. Make single commit per PR.
-3. Make your modification compact - don't reformat source code in your request. It makes code review more difficult.
-4. PR of reformatting (changing of ws/TAB, line endings or coding style) of source code won't be accepted. Use issue trackers for your request instead.
+2. Create a new branch for each PR. 
+3. Make single commit per PR.
+4. Make your modification compact - don't reformat source code in your request. It makes code review more difficult.
+5. PR of reformatting (changing of ws/TAB, line endings or coding style) of source code won't be accepted. Use issue trackers for your request instead.
 
 In short: The easier the code review is, the better the chance your pull request will get accepted.