From 09bb086853c16190f5f8adcec74435e02b50c8ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GCHQDeveloper581 <63102987+GCHQDeveloper581@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:44:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md (#2333)

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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index abb37d42b..0cee9a7be 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ There are lots of opportunities to contribute to CyberChef. If you want ideas, t
 
 Before your contributions can be accepted, you must:
 
- - Sign the [GCHQ Contributor Licence Agreement](https://cla-assistant.io/gchq/CyberChef)
+ - Fork the CyberChef repo
+ - Create a new branch within your fork for the changes
  - Push your changes to your fork.
+ - Sign the [GCHQ Contributor Licence Agreement](https://cla-assistant.io/gchq/CyberChef)
  - Submit a pull request.
 
+Please note that we will ***reject*** pull requests from the master branch of your fork owing to the mess it makes of our own working repositories and the extra work entailed.
 
 ## Coding conventions