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+# Contributing to `gopher.nvim`
+
+Thank you for looking to contributing
+
+### Styling and formatting
+
+Code is formatted by [stylua](https://github.com/JohnnyMorganz/StyLua) and linted using [selene](https://github.com/Kampfkarren/selene).
+You can install these with:
+
+```bash
+cargo install stylua
+cargo install selene
+```