From 9b2afbdd4783ebcfb2885dad8079f7f37bb0f04e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin Horstman <khaneliman12@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:32:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add contributing pointer

Point contributors at the manual contribution guidelines from the
repository root.
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 CONTRIBUTING.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.md

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+# Contributing
+
+Home Manager contribution guidelines live in the manual:
+
+- [`docs/manual/contributing.md`](docs/manual/contributing.md)
+- <https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/#ch-contributing>
+
+Read those docs before changing modules, tests, news entries, or release notes.