Update CONTRIBUTING

Author: Nolan Woods

CONTRIBUTING.rst

@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ Submit contributions as a pull request on GitHub.
 
 Standards
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-All contributions must be PEP complaint.
-All modules, classes, and functions must have Sphinx style doc strings.
-All parameters and variables should have type annotations.
-A reasonable amount of code block documentation is expected as well.
+- All contributions must be PEP complaint.
+- All modules, classes, and functions must have Sphinx style doc strings.
+- All parameters and variables should have type annotations.
+- A reasonable amount of code block documentation is expected as well.
 
 Tests should be written first before implementing functionality. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development
 
@@ -25,15 +24,19 @@ To create a new release for pypi and conda:
 
 1. Clone this repository
 2. Make sure all tests pass first by running `./setup.py test`
-3. Use git or the GitHub interface to tag the repository with the next version. Follow symantic versioning rules https://semver.org/:
+3. Use git or the GitHub interface to tag the repository with the next version. Precede the version number with a 'v'. Follow symantic versioning rules https://semver.org/:
 
     Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:
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     MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes,
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     MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards compatible manner, and
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     PATCH version when you make backwards compatible bug fixes.
 
 4. Create a release via the GitHub interface for the new tag.
 5. Build the package by running `./setup.py build sdist`
 6. Upload the new package to pypi by running `twine upload -u brinkmanlab dist/<file with latest version number>.tar.gz`
 
 Bioconda will detect the upload and automatically update its recipe. A Bioconda maintainer will manually approve the update.
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