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+# Contributing
+
+Thanks for helping to make graphene-django great!
+
+We welcome all kinds of contributions:
+
+- Bug fixes
+- Documentation improvements
+- New features
+- Refactoring & tidying
+
+
+## Getting started
+
+If you have a specific contribution in mind, be sure to check the [issues](https://github.com/graphql-python/graphene-django/issues) and [projects](https://github.com/graphql-python/graphene-django/projects) in progress - someone could already be working on something similar and you can help out.
+
+
+## Project setup
+
+After cloning this repo, ensure dependencies are installed by running:
+
+```sh
+make dev-setup
+```
+
+## Running tests
+
+After developing, the full test suite can be evaluated by running:
+
+```sh
+make tests
+```
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+dev-setup:
+	pip install -e ".[test]"
+
+tests:
+	py.test graphene_django --cov=graphene_django -vv
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 ## Contributing
 
-After cloning this repo, ensure dependencies are installed by running:
-
-```sh
-pip install -e ".[test]"
-```
-
-After developing, the full test suite can be evaluated by running:
-
-```sh
-py.test graphene_django --cov=graphene_django # Use -v -s for verbose mode
-```
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](contributing.md)
 
 
 ### Documentation
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 Contributing
 ------------
 
-After cloning this repo, ensure dependencies are installed by running:
-
-.. code:: sh
-
-    pip install -e ".[test]"
-
-After developing, the full test suite can be evaluated by running:
-
-.. code:: sh
-
-    py.test graphene_django --cov=graphene_django # Use -v -s for verbose mode
+See `CONTRIBUTING.md <CONTRIBUTING.md>`__.
 
 Documentation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~