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+# Contributing to Nuxt.js
+
+1. [Fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/) this repository to your own GitHub account and then [clone](https://help.github.com/articles/cloning-a-repository/) it to your local device.
+2. Install the dependencies: `npm install`.
+3. Run `npm link` to link the local repo to NPM.
+4. Run `npm run build` to build and watch for code changes.
+5. Then npm link this repo inside any example app with `npm link nuxt`.
+6. Then you can run your example app with the local version of Nuxt.js (You may need to re-run the example app as you change server side code in the Nuxt.js repository).
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@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ You can start by using one of our starter templates:
 - [koa](https://github.com/nuxt-community/koa-template): Nuxt.js + Koa
 - [adonuxt](https://github.com/nuxt-community/adonuxt-template): Nuxt.js + AdonisJS
 - [micro](https://github.com/nuxt-community/micro-template): Nuxt.js + Micro
-- [nuxtent](https://github.com/nuxt-community/nuxtent-template): Nuxt.js + Nuxtent module for content heavy sites 
+- [nuxtent](https://github.com/nuxt-community/nuxtent-template): Nuxt.js + Nuxtent module for content heavy sites
 
 ## Using nuxt.js programmatically
 
@@ -252,3 +252,6 @@ Note: we recommend putting `.nuxt` in `.npmignore` or `.gitignore`.
 ## Roadmap
 
 https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt.js/projects/1
+
+## Contributing
+Please see our [contributing.md](./contributing.md)
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