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 ## Contributing
 
-[CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) - Quick pointers for contributing to the CakePHP project.
+[CONTRIBUTING.md](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) - Quick pointers for contributing to the CakePHP project.
 
 [CookBook "Contributing" Section](http://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/contributing.html) - Details about contributing to the project.