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doc: add important info for would-be go contributors. 

Link to the "installing from source" docs instead of the "installing" docs.

Remind would-be hacker to switch to the default branch from the release branch.

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CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/6559043
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Jonathan Feinberg 2012-09-26 14:39:31 -04:00 committed by Russ Cox
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<p> <p>
This document explains how to contribute changes to the Go project. This document explains how to contribute changes to the Go project.
It assumes you have installed Go using the It assumes you have installed Go using the
<a href="/doc/install">installation instructions</a> and <a href="/doc/install/source">installation instructions</a> and
have <a href="code.html">written and tested your code</a>. have <a href="code.html">written and tested your code</a>.
(Note that the <code>gccgo</code> frontend lives elsewhere; (Note that the <code>gccgo</code> frontend lives elsewhere;
see <a href="gccgo_contribute.html">Contributing to gccgo</a>.) see <a href="gccgo_contribute.html">Contributing to gccgo</a>.)

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@ -150,6 +150,18 @@ Then check out the repository:</p>
$ hg clone -u release https://code.google.com/p/go $ hg clone -u release https://code.google.com/p/go
</pre> </pre>
<h2 id="head">(Optional) Switch to the default branch</h2>
<p>If you intend to modify the go source code, and
<a href="/doc/contribute.html">contribute your changes</a>
to the project, then move your repository
off the release branch, and onto the default (development) branch.
Otherwise, skip this step.</p>
<pre>
$ hg update default
</pre>
<h2 id="install">Install Go</h2> <h2 id="install">Install Go</h2>
<p> <p>