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-All contributions to Hugo are welcome. Whether you want to scratch an itch, or simply contribute to the project, feel free to pick something from the [roadmap]({{< relref "meta/roadmap.md" >}}) or contact [spf13](http://spf13.com/) about what may make sense to do next.
+All contributions to Hugo are welcome. Whether you want to scratch an itch or simply contribute to the project, feel free to pick something from the [roadmap]({{< relref "meta/roadmap.md" >}}) or contact [spf13](http://spf13.com/) about what may make sense to do next.
You should fork the project and make your changes. *We encourage pull requests to discuss code changes.*
When you're ready to create a pull request, be sure to:
* Have test cases for the new code. If you have questions about how to do it, please ask in your pull request.
- * Run `go fmt`
+ * Run `go fmt`.
* Squash your commits into a single commit. `git rebase -i`. It's okay to force update your pull request.
* Make sure `go test ./...` passes, and `go build` completes. Our [Travis CI loop](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/hugo) will catch most things that are missing. The exception: Windows. We run on Windows from time to time, but if you have access, please check on a Windows machine too.
## Contribution Overview
-We wrote a [detailed guide]({{< relref "tutorials/how-to-contribute-to-hugo.md" >}}) for newcomers that guides you step by step to your first contribution. If you are more experienced read on. You probably know what to do.
+We wrote a [detailed guide]({{< relref "tutorials/how-to-contribute-to-hugo.md" >}}) for newcomers that guides you step by step to your first contribution. If you are more experienced, follow the guide below.
# Building from source