Merge pull request #3 from tclindner/add-contributing-md

Closes #1 - Add contributing.md file

Author: tclindner

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing
+
+## System Dependencies
+
+### Node
+
+* [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) - v4.2.0+
+* [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) - v2.14.7+
+
+## Install project dependencies
+
+### Global Node Module(s)
+
+* Grunt CLI - `npm install grunt-cli -g`
+
+### Code
+
+* Fork and clone the package-json-lint repo
+
+### Install project dependencies
+
+`npm install`
+
+This installs dependencies from `package.json`.
+
+### Running the module Locally
+
+Run `node src/cli.js`
+
+## Code guidelines
+
+### JS
+
+package json lint utilizes both JSHint and JSCS to enforce JavaScript standards. Please see the `.jshintrc` file for JSHint config and `.jscsrc` for JSCS config.
+
+* [grunt-contrib-jshint](https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-jshint)
+* [grunt-jscs](https://github.com/jscs-dev/grunt-jscs)
+
+#### JSON
+
+package json lint utilizes JSON Lint to ensure JSON files are valid.
+
+* [grunt-jsonlint](https://github.com/brandonramirez/grunt-jsonlint)
+
+#### Checking coding style
+
+Run `grunt lint` before committing to ensure your changes follow our coding standards.
+
+
+### More info on Grunt
+
+The configuration for Grunt tasks in this project are all in the `grunt/` folder in individual files. The Gruntfile loads in all the tasks from this folder.
+
+## Versioning
+
+Please use the following grunt commands to increment the package's version numbers
+EX: Assume current version is 0.0.1
+
+`grunt bump:patch`
+
+If you run this command the version will increase the patch number (ie 0.0.2)
+
+`grunt bump:minor`
+
+If you run this command the version will increase the minor number (ie 0.1.0)
+
+`grunt bump:major`
+
+If you run this command the version will increase the major number (ie 1.0.0)
+
+
+## EditorConfig
+
+EditorConfig helps maintain consistent file formatting between different editors and developers. Please [install the plugin for you editor of choice](https://editorconfig.org/#download). Please see the `.editorconfig` file at the root of this repo to see what settings are enforced.
+
+## License
+
+Contributions to package-json-lint are subject to the [MIT License](https://github.com/tclindner/package-json-lint/blob/master/LICENSE).