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+# Contributing
+
+Prometheus uses Gerrit to manage reviews of pull-requests, and then
+Gerrit replicates its master branch to GitHub. In order to contribute to
+Prometheus, you must use Gerrit.
+
+## Setup
+
+1. Sign in at http://review.prometheus.io/
+2. Set a username and upload an SSH pubkey for git ssh access. `cat
+   ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | pbcopy` will copy your public key to your
+   clipboard so you can paste it.
+3. Clone the repo: `git clone http://review.prometheus.io/prometheus`
+4. Add your user-specific remote that you will push your changes to:
+   `git remote add <your-remote-name> ssh://<username>@review.prometheus.io:29418/prometheus`
+5. Add Change-Id commit hook: `curl -o .git/hooks/commit-msg http://review.prometheus.io/tools/hooks/commit-msg`
+6. Make the file executable: `chmod u+x .git/hooks/commit-msg`
+7. Commit any local changes to git, then:
+8. `git push <your-remote-name> HEAD:refs/for/master`
+9. Assign reviewer for change at http://review.prometheus.io/
+
+## Getting Started
+
+1. Reach out via our [mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/prometheus-developers) and ask us what
+   the current priorities are.  We can find a good isolated starter project for
+   you.
+
+2. Keeping code hygiene is important.  We thusly have a practical preference
+   for the following:
+
+   1. Run ``make format`` to ensure the correctness of the Go code's layout.
+
+   2. Run ``make advice`` to find facial errors with a static analyzer.
+
+   3. Try to capture your changes in some form of a test.  Go makes it easy to
+      write [Table Driven Tests](https://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/TableDrivenTests).
+      There is no mandate to use this said scaffolding mechanism, but it _can_
+      make your life easier in the right circumstances.
+
+3. Welcome aboard!
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 ## Contributing
 
-1. To start, reach out via our mailing list (mentioned above) and ask us what
-   the current priorities are.  We can find a good isolated starter project for
-   you.
-
-2. Keeping code hygiene is important.  We thusly have a practical preference
-   for the following:
-
-   1. Run ``make format`` to ensure the correctness of the Go code's layout.
-
-   2. Run ``make advice`` to find facial errors with a static analyzer.
-
-   3. Try to capture your changes in some form of a test.  Go makes it easy to
-      write [Table Driven Tests](https://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/TableDrivenTests).
-      There is no mandate to use this said scaffolding mechanism, but it _can_
-      make your life easier in the right circumstances.
-
-3. Welcome aboard!
+Refer to [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)
 
 ## License