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+# Contributing to numpy
+
+## Reporting issues
+
+When reporting issues please include as much detail as possible about your
+operating system, numpy version and python version. Whenever possible, please
+also include a brief, self-contained code example that demonstrates the problem.
+
+If you are reporting a segfault please include a GDB traceback, which you can
+generate by following
+[these instructions.](https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst#debugging)
+
+## Contributing code
+
+Thanks for your interest in contributing code to numpy!
+
++ If this is your first time contributing to a project on GitHub, please read
+through our
+[guide to contributing to numpy](https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/dev/index.html)
++ If you have contributed to other projects on GitHub you can go straight to our
+[development workflow](https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/dev/gitwash/development_workflow.html)
+
+Either way, please be sure to follow our
+[convention for commit messages](https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/dev/gitwash/development_workflow.html#writing-the-commit-message).
+
+If you are writing new C code, please follow the style described in
+``doc/C_STYLE_GUIDE``.
+
+Suggested ways to work on your development version (compile and run
+the tests without interfering with system packages) are described in
+``doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst``.
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+
+<<Please describe the issue in detail here, and for bug reports fill in the fields below.>>
+
+### Reproducing code example:
+```
+<<A short code example that reproduces the problem. It should be self-contained, i.e., possible to run as-is via 'python myproblem.py'>>
+```
+
+### Error message:
+If you are reporting a segfault please include a GDB traceback, which you can
+generate by following
+[these instructions.](https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst#debugging)
+
+```
+<<Full error message, if any (starting from line Traceback: ...)>>
+```
+
+### Numpy/Python version information:
+```
+<<Output from 'import sys, numpy; print(numpy.__version__, sys.version)'>>
+```
+
+
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+Be sure you are following the instructions in the [dev guidelines](http://www.numpy.org/devdocs/dev/gitwash/development_workflow.html) especially include a properly formatted [commit message](http://www.numpy.org/devdocs/dev/gitwash/development_workflow.html#writing-the-commit-message).