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+# Contributing to Ruby
+
+## Ruby Issues
+
+To report an issue in the Ruby core:
+
+* [Report issues](reporting_issues.md).
+
+## Ruby Core
+
+To contribute to the Ruby core functionality,
+you'll need initially to:
+
+* [Build Ruby](building_ruby.md) on your system.
+* [Test Ruby](testing_ruby.md), to make sure the build is correct.
+
+Then:
+
+* [Make changes to Ruby](making_changes_to_ruby.md).
+
+And possibly:
+
+* [Benchmark Ruby](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/tree/master/benchmark#make-benchmark).
+
+## Ruby Documentation
+
+To contribute to the Ruby core documentation, see:
+
+* [Making changes to the Ruby documentation](documentation_guide.md).
+
+## Ruby Standard Library
+
+To contribute to the Ruby Standard Library, see:
+
+* [Making changes to the Ruby Standard Library](making_changes_to_stdlibs.md).