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Software Carpentry is an open source project,
and we welcome contributions of all kinds:
new lessons,
fixes to existing material,
bug reports,
and reviews of proposed changes are all equally welcome.
By contributing,
you are agreeing that Software Carpentry may redistribute your work under
[these licenses][license].
You also agree to abide by our
[contributor code of conduct][conduct].
1. Please see [the README](README.html#getting-and-giving-help)
for advice on getting and giving help.
2. We use GitHub flow to manage changes,
which is explained in the chapter [Contributing to a Project][pro-git-chapter]
you should branch from and submit pull requests against the `gh-pages` branch.
4. When editing lesson pages, you need only commit changes to the Markdown source files.
5. If you're looking for things to work on,
please see [the list of issues for this repository][lesson-example-issues]
or for [the template][lesson-template-issues],
or have a look at [our actual lessons][swc-lessons].
Comments on issues and reviews of pull requests are equally welcome.
## Other Resources
1. This lesson is based on the template found at
[https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-template](https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-template).
That repository has instructions on formatting and previewing lessons.
2. For a list of helpful commands run `make` in this directory.
3. The [list of maintainers][swc-maintainers]
on the [Software Carpentry website][swc-website]
lists the people currently responsible for managing this repository.
Feel free to contact them if you have any questions or languishing pull requests.
[lesson-template-issues]: https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues
[license]: LICENSE.md
[pro-git-chapter]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/GitHub-Contributing-to-a-Project
[swc-lessons]: http://software-carpentry.org/lessons.html
[swc-maintainers]: http://software-carpentry.org/lessons.html#maintainers
[swc-website]: http://software-carpentry.org