From 684c6978967c628324cd7b79486f4445fd4f36c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Erik C. Thauvin" <erik@thauvin.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:39:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Create CONTRIBUTING.md with contribution instructions

Added contributing guidelines for the project.
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+# Contributing
+
+If you want to contribute to `bld` or customize it, all you have to do is clone the GitHub
+repository and update the [RIFE2/core](https://github.com/rife2/rife2-core) submodule:
+
+```console
+git clone git@github.com:rife2/bld.git
+cd bld
+git submodule init
+git submodule update
+```
+
+Then use `bld` to build itself:
+
+```console
+./bld compile
+```
+
+The project has an IntelliJ IDEA project structure. You can just open it after all
+the dependencies were downloaded and peruse the code.