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+# Contributing to Delve
+
+Want to help contribute to Delve? Great! Any and all help is certainly appreciated, whether it's code, documentation, or spelling corrections.
+
+## Filing issues
+
+When filing an issue, make sure to answer these five questions:
+
+1. What version of Delve are you using (`dlv -v`)?
+2. What operating system and processor architecture are you using?
+3. What did you do?
+4. What did you expect to see?
+5. What did you see instead?
+
+## Contributing code
+
+Fork this repo and create your own feature branch. Install all dependencies as documented in the README.
+
+### Guidelines
+
+Consider the following guidelines when preparing to submit a patch:
+
+* Follow standard Go conventions (document any new exported types, funcs, etc.., ensuring proper punctuation).
+* Ensure that you test your code. Any patches sent in for new / fixed functionality must include tests in order to be merged into master.
+* If you plan on making any major changes, create an issue before sending a patch. This will allow for proper discussion beforehand.
+* Keep any os / arch specific code contained to os / arch specific files. Delve leverages Go's filename based conditional compilation, i.e do not put Linux specific functionality in a non Linux specific file.
+
+