diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+# How to Contribute
+
+We want to make contributing to this project as easy as possible. 
+
+## Reporting Issues and Enhancements
+
+If you have an issue, please report it on the [issue tracker](https://github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab/issues)
+
+If there is a documented feature within Gitlab 
+
+## Contributing Code
+
+Pull requests are always welcome. If adding code that needs to be tested, try to add tests if there aren't any.
+
+We use [`gofumpt`](https://github.com/mvdan/gofumpt) to format this project.
+
+### Setting up your local development environment to Contribute to `go-gitlab`
+
+1. [Fork](https://github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab/fork), then clone the repository.
+    ```sh
+    git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/go-gitlab.git
+    # or via ssh
+    git clone git@github.com:<your-username>/go-gitlab.git
+    ```
+1. Install dependencies:
+    ```sh
+    make setup
+    ```
+1. Make your changes on your feature branch
+1. Run the tests and `gofumpt`
+    ```sh
+    make test && make fmt
+    ```
+1. Open up your pull request 
+
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+setup:
+	go mod tidy
+	@go install mvdan.cc/gofumpt@latest
+	@go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@latest
+.PHONY: setup
+
+test:
+	go test ./... -race #-v??
+.PHONY: test
+
+fmt:
+	@gofumpt -l -w .
+.PHONY: fmt
+
+lint:
+	@golangci-lint run --config .golangci.yml 
+.PHONY: lint
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@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ For complete usage of go-gitlab, see the full [package docs](https://godoc.org/g
 
 Sander van Harmelen (<sander@vanharmelen.nl>)
 
+## Contributing
+
+Contributions are always welcome. For more information, check out the [contributing guide](https://github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+
 ## License
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>