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+Thank you for creating the issue!
+
+Please include the following information:
+1. Version of golangci-lint: `golangci-lint --version` (or git commit if you don't use binary distribution)
+2. Go environment: `go version && go env`
+3. Verbose output of running: `golangci-lint run -v`
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+Thank you for the pull request!
+
+Please make sure you didn't directly change `README.md`: it should be changed only by changing `README.tmpl.md` and running `make readme`.
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