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 ## 4. 📤 Submitting Changes
 
-1. Push your changes:
+1. Install ruff on your system
+2. Run ```ruff format .``` and ``` ruff check ``` and fix the issues
+3. Push your changes:
 ```shell
 git add .
 git commit -s -m "Description of your changes"