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 Any questions, tips, or general discussion can be posted to our Google group:
 [http://groups.google.com/group/gitflow-users](http://groups.google.com/group/gitflow-users)
 
+Contributing
+------------
+Fork the repository.  Then, run:
+
+    git clone --recursive git@github.com:<username>/gitflow.git
+    cd gitflow
+    git branch master origin/master
+    git flow init -d
+    git flow feature start <your feature>
+
+Then, do work and commit your changes.  **Hint**: ``export PATH=`pwd`:$PATH``
+from within the gitflow directory makes sure you're using the version of
+gitflow you're currently developing.
+
+    git flow feature publish <your feature>
+
+When done, open a pull request to your feature branch.
 
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