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+<!-- Thank you for sending the PR! We appreciate you spending the time to work on these changes. Please provide enough information so that others can review your pull request. -->
+
 Summary:
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-<!-- Thank you for sending the PR! We appreciate you spending the time to work on these changes.
-Help us understand your motivation by explaining why you decided to make this change: -->
+<!-- Help us understand your motivation by explaining why you decided to make this change: -->
 
 
 Test Plan:
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 <!-- Write your test plan here (**REQUIRED**). If you changed any code, please provide us with clear instructions on how you verified your changes work. Bonus points for screenshots and videos! Increase test coverage whenever possible. -->
+
+Checklist
+----------
+
+[] - Documentation is up to date to reflect these changes.
+[] - Follows commit message convention described in [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#commit-message-convention)