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-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches5
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diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e7b4e2f3c2..c8755e38de 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ If you prefer video, then [this talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7i_qQW__q
might be useful to you as the presenter walks you through the contribution
process by example.
+Or, you can follow the ["My First Contribution"](https://git-scm.com/docs/MyFirstContribution)
+tutorial for another example of the contribution process.
+
Your friendly Git community!
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 4515cab519..ecf9438cf0 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ Submitting Patches
== Guidelines
-Here are some guidelines for people who want to contribute their code
-to this software.
+Here are some guidelines for people who want to contribute their code to this
+software. There is also a link:MyFirstContribution.html[step-by-step tutorial]
+available which covers many of these same guidelines.
[[base-branch]]
=== Decide what to base your work on.