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-# Scripts and Commands
+# Contributing
 
-> To improve the development experience, a number of custom commands and aliases have been added to the `.cargo/config.toml` file. These can be run using `cargo <command>`.
+Thank you for considering contributing to this project! This document outlines the process for contributing to this project. For small changes or bug fixes, feel free to open a pull request directly. For larger changes, please open an issue first to discuss the proposed changes. Also, please ensure that you open up your pull request against the `next` branch and [allow maintainers of the project to edit your code](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/allowing-changes-to-a-pull-request-branch-created-from-a-fork).
 
-- **`cargo test-wasm-1`**\
-  Run the WebAssembly MVP (1.0) test suite. Be sure to cloned this repo with `--recursive` or initialize the submodules with `git submodule update --init --recursive`
+## 1. Clone the Repository
 
-- **`cargo test-wasm-2`**\
-  Run the full WebAssembly test suite (2.0)
+Ensure you clone this repository with the `--recursive` flag to include the submodules:
 
-- **`cargo test-wast <path>`**\
-  Run a single WAST test file. e.g. `cargo test-wast ./examples/wast/i32.wast`. Useful for debugging failing test-cases.
+```bash
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/explodingcamera/tinywasm.git
+```
+
+If you have already cloned the repository, you can initialize the submodules with:
+
+```bash
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+```
+
+This is required to run the WebAssembly test suite.
+
+## 2. Set up the Development Environment
+
+This project mostly uses a pretty standard Rust setup. Some common tasks:
+
+```bash
+# Run a specific benchmark (run without arguments to see available benchmarks)
+$ cargo bench --bench {bench_name}
+
+# Run all tests
+$ cargo test
+
+# Run only the WebAssembly MVP (1.0) test suite
+$ cargo test-wasm-1
+
+# Run only the full WebAssembly test suite (2.0)
+$ cargo test-wasm-2
+
+# Run a specific test (run without arguments to see available tests)
+$ cargo test --test {test_name}
+
+# Run a single WAST test file
+$ cargo test-wast {path}
+
+# Run a specific example (run without arguments to see available examples)
+#   The wasm test files required to run the `wasm-rust` examples are not
+#   included in the main repository.
+#   To build these, you will need to run `./examples/rust/build.sh`.
+$ cargo run --example {example_name}
+```
+
+### Profiling
+
+Either [samply](https://github.com/mstange/samply/) or [cargo-flamegraph](https://github.com/flamegraph-rs/flamegraph) are recommended for profiling.
+
+Example usage:
+
+```bash
+cargo install --locked samply
+cargo samply --example wasm-rust -- selfhosted
+```
+
+# Commits
+
+This project uses [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) for commit messages. For pull requests, the commit messages will be squashed so you don't need to worry about this too much. However, it is still recommended to follow this convention for consistency.
+
+# Branches
+
+- `main`: The main branch. This branch is used for the latest stable release.
+- `next`: The next branch. Development happens here.