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-Please read [Contributing to Roots Projects](https://github.com/roots/guidelines/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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 ## Contributing
 
-Contributions are welcome from everyone. We have [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) to help you get started.
+Contributions are welcome from everyone. We have [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/roots/guidelines/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) to help you get started.
 
 ## Community