From 518fa7a7e3b7d0ab4801dc6e93f5457735fe52f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike McQuaid <mike@mikemcquaid.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:41:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add Contributing Guidelines.

---
 .gitignore      |  1 +
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.md

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ace8a694c4..022c5e137d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
 !/.gitignore
 !/Library/
+!/CONTRIBUTING.md
 !/README.md
 !/bin
 /bin/*
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b7b460a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Contributing to Homebrew
+========================
+
+Reporting Bugs
+--------------
+Please read:
+
+* `brew doctor`
+* [Troubleshooting Checklist](https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/troubleshooting)
+
+**If you don't read these it will take us far longer to help you with your problem.**
+
+Contributing
+------------
+Please read:
+
+* [Formula Cookbook](https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/Formula-Cookbook)
+* [Acceptable Formula](https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/Acceptable-Formula)
+
+Thanks!