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+<!-- 🎉🎉🎉 Thank you for the PR!!! 🎉🎉🎉 -->
+
+
+Fixes `#<issue number>`. _in case of a bug fix, this should point to a bug and any other related issue(s)_
+
+**Description**
+
+<!-- Describe your changes here- ideally you can get that description straight from
+your descriptive commit message(s)! -->
+
+**Submitter Checklist**
+
+These are the criteria that every PR should meet, please check them off as you
+review them:
+
+- [ ] Includes [unit tests](../DEVELOPMENT.md#creating-a-pr)
+- [ ] Adds integration tests if needed.
+
+_See [the contribution guide](../CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details._
+
+
+**Reviewer Notes**
+
+- [ ] The code flow looks good. 
+- [ ] Unit tests and or integration tests added.
+
+
+**Release Notes**
+
+Describe any changes here so maintainer can include it in the release notes, or delete this block.
+
+```
+Examples of user facing changes:
+- Skaffold config changes like
+  e.g. "Add buildArgs to `Kustomize` deployer skaffold config."
+- Bug fixes
+  e.g. "Improve skaffold init behaviour when tags are used in manifests"
+- Any changes in skaffold behavior
+  e.g. "Artiface cachine is turned on by default."
+
+```