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+# How to Contribute
+This is an Open Source effort and contributions are welcome to keep the Project alive and current! To make things easy, please use the following guidelines for making contributions:
+
+- Fork the repository on GitHub and clone (replace YOUR-USERNAME with your 
+GitHub username):
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/go
+```
+
+- cd into the directory and create a topic branch from master (replace MY-CONTRIBUTION with an appropriate title):
+
+```
+cd go
+git checkout -b MY-CONTRIBUTION master
+```
+
+- Work, commit often and write clear commit messages
+- Push your changes to your fork of the repository:
+
+```
+git push
+```
+
+- Submit a Pull Request
+- Repeat (i.e., make another contribution)
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@@ -262,6 +262,6 @@ Non-Open-Source books, courses, and resources are noted with ```$```.
 
 ## Contribute
 
-Please Contribute -- **this is Open Source!**
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines!
 
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