docs/README.md

## GitHub Docs <!-- omit in toc -->

This repository contains the documentation website code and Markdown source files for docs.github.com.

GitHub's Docs team works on pre-production content in a private repo that regularly syncs with this public repo. 

In this article:
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [READMEs](#readmes)
- [License](#license)
- [Contributors ✨](#contributors-)

## Contributing

:memo: To find out how you can best contribute to GitHub's product documentation, see the [CONTRIBUTING](/CONTRIBUTING.md) guide.

:mega: If you'd like help troubleshooting a PR, have a great new idea, or want to share something amazing you've learned in our docs, join us in [discussions](https://github.com/github/docs/discussions).

:beetle: If you've found a problem, you can open an issue using a [template](https://github.com/github/docs/issues/new/choose).

:question: If you're having trouble with your GitHub account, contact [Support](https://support.github.com/contact).

:yellow_heart: We do not accept pull requests for translated content - see [CONTRIBUTING.md](/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.

## READMEs

In addition to the README you're reading right now, this repo includes other READMEs that describe the purpose of each subdirectory in more detail:

- [content/README.md](content/README.md)
- [contributing/README.md](contributing/README.md)
- [data/README.md](data/README.md)
- [data/reusables/README.md](data/reusables/README.md)
- [data/variables/README.md](data/variables/README.md)
- [includes/liquid-tags/README.md](includes/liquid-tags/README.md)
- [includes/README.md](includes/README.md)
- [javascripts/README.md](javascripts/README.md)
- [layouts/README.md](layouts/README.md)
- [lib/liquid-tags/README.md](lib/liquid-tags/README.md)
- [middleware/README.md](middleware/README.md)
- [script/README.md](script/README.md)
- [stylesheets/README.md](stylesheets/README.md)
- [tests/README.md](tests/README.md)

## License

The GitHub product documentation in the assets, content, and data folders are licensed under a [CC-BY license](content/LICENSE).

All other code in this repository is licensed under a [MIT](LICENSE.md).

When using the GitHub logos, be sure to follow the [GitHub logo guidelines](https://github.com/logos).

## Contributors ✨

Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):

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