Switching to reference-style links

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you are agreeing that Software Carpentry may redistribute your work under

[these licenses](LICENSE.html).

[these licenses][license].

## Getting Started

1.  We use GitHub flow to manage changes,

    which is explained in the chapter [Contributing to a Project](http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/GitHub-Contributing-to-a-Project)

    which is explained in the chapter [Contributing to a Project][pro-git-chapter]

    in Scott Chacon's book *Pro Git*.

2.  For our lessons,

3.  When editing lesson pages, you need only commit changes to the Markdown source files.

4.  If you're looking for things to work on,

    please see the current list of issues

    for [this repository](https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues),

    or for [http://software-carpentry.org/lessons.html](our other lessons).

    please see [the list of issues for this repository][lesson-template-issues],

    or for [our other lessons][swc-lessons].

    Comments on issues and reviews of pull requests are equally welcome.

## Other Resources

2.  For a list of helpful commands run `make` in this directory.

3.  The [list of maintainers](http://software-carpentry.org/lessons.html#maintainers)

    on the [Software Carpentry website](http://software-carpentry.org)

3.  The [list of maintainers][swc-maintainers]

    on the [Software Carpentry website][swc-website]

    lists the people currently responsible for managing this repository.

    Feel free to contact them if you have any questions or languishing pull requests.

[lesson-template-issues]: https://github.com/swcarpentry/lesson-template/issues

[license]: LICENSE.html

[pro-git]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/GitHub-Contributing-to-a-Project

[swc-lessons]: http://software-carpentry.org/lessons.html

[swc-maintainers]: http://software-carpentry.org/lessons.html#maintainers

[swc-website]: http://software-carpentry.org