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+## @0xproject/base-contract
+
+BaseContract to derive all auto-generated wrappers from
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+yarn add @0xproject/base-contract
+```
+
+If your project is in [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/), add the following to your `tsconfig.json`:
+
+```
+"include": [
+    "./node_modules/web3-typescript-typings/index.d.ts",
+    "./node_modules/ethers-typescript-typings/index.d.ts"
+]
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```javascript
+import { BaseContract } from '@0xproject/base-contract';
+```
+
+## Contributing
+
+We strongly recommend that the community help us make improvements and determine the future direction of the protocol. To report bugs within this package, please create an issue in this repository.
+
+Please read our [contribution guidelines](../../CONTRIBUTING.md) before getting started.
+
+### Install Dependencies
+
+If you don't have yarn workspaces enabled (Yarn < v1.0) - enable them:
+
+```bash
+yarn config set workspaces-experimental true
+```
+
+Then install dependencies
+
+```bash
+yarn install
+```
+
+### Build
+
+```bash
+yarn build
+```
+
+or
+
+```bash
+yarn build:watch
+```
+
+### Lint
+
+```bash
+yarn lint
+```