Current file on master to boot. But what makecheck is saying is that only what's in current master matters, not what's in `feature/something-here` or in a commit tree from last year. So shoving it in the repo isn't really a good solution.
No it's not. I can use the README outside of github as a guide on how to do things with the code. Contributing can define a style guide so we're all on the same page code wise. LICENSE for distribution, Makefile, package.json both are required for the code to work correctly... issue_template.md is only useful in a repo on github.