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-   [CONTRIBUTING]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING
+   [CONTRIBUTING]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
    [`flatbuffers` tag]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/flatbuffers
    [FlatBuffers Google Group]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/flatbuffers
    [FlatBuffers Issues Tracker]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/issues