commit | 69f24cfa14ba982e0118e240021f0e91f8efe937 | [log] [tgz] |
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author | Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org> | Thu Dec 11 09:44:54 2014 +1100 |
committer | Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org> | Wed Dec 10 22:48:34 2014 +0000 |
tree | a899a626d61aa510015c61926c4658b43b94cc68 | |
parent | 495e02db8c6e080504f03525daffa4c8f19a7b03 [diff] |
doc: update README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md in response to review comments I didn't 'add' these files before my final mail. Change-Id: Id6f25629638e58421a3dee7632aec38aad9b1970 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/1340 Reviewed-by: Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org>
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