pull request template

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+**Purpose:**
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+Short description of the purpose of this PR
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+**New version:**
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+Then new version number if one is to be issued
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+**Related:**
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+Any related pull requests or issues from other repositories
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+**Resolved:**
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+Any issues to resolve automatically upon merge.  Use the keyword with the number of the target issue (e.g., `Resolve #59`)
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+**Incorporated:**
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+Any pull requests already merged that this one may include.  This is usually the case when feature and bug fix branches have been merged into the `dev` branch then these are staged to be merged into the `main`
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+
+**Comments:**
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+Any additional comments.