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+# Code of Conduct
+
+This project has adopted the code of conduct defined by the Contributor Covenant
+to clarify expected behavior in our community.
+
+For more information, see the [.NET Foundation Code of Conduct](https://dotnetfoundation.org/code-of-conduct).
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 The Contribution Guidelines for this repository are listed in [CONTRIBUTING.md](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
-This project has adopted the code of conduct defined by the Contributor Covenant
-to clarify expected behavior in our community. For more information, see the
-[.NET Foundation Code of Conduct](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/code-of-conduct).
-
 ## .NET Foundation
 
 This project is part of the [.NET Foundation](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/projects).