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doc: add important info for would-be go contributors.
Link to the "installing from source" docs instead of the "installing" docs. Remind would-be hacker to switch to the default branch from the release branch. R=rsc CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/6559043
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<p>
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This document explains how to contribute changes to the Go project.
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It assumes you have installed Go using the
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<a href="/doc/install">installation instructions</a> and
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<a href="/doc/install/source">installation instructions</a> and
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have <a href="code.html">written and tested your code</a>.
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(Note that the <code>gccgo</code> frontend lives elsewhere;
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see <a href="gccgo_contribute.html">Contributing to gccgo</a>.)
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$ hg clone -u release https://code.google.com/p/go
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</pre>
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<h2 id="head">(Optional) Switch to the default branch</h2>
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<p>If you intend to modify the go source code, and
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<a href="/doc/contribute.html">contribute your changes</a>
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to the project, then move your repository
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off the release branch, and onto the default (development) branch.
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Otherwise, skip this step.</p>
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<pre>
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$ hg update default
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</pre>
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<h2 id="install">Install Go</h2>
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<p>
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