contributing (#25)

Co-authored-by: Jonah Maxwell Miller <[email protected]>

README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Spiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Spiner). For full documentation, see
 
 `Spiner` is self-contained. Simply clone it as
 ```bash
-git clone --recursive [email protected]:jonahm/spiner.git
+git clone [email protected]:jonahm/spiner.git
 ```
 To build and run unit tests,
 ```bash
@@ -133,12 +133,20 @@ slice shown). Convergence is second-order, as expected.
 
 ![convergence plot](figs/convergence.png)
 
+## Contributing
+
+If you use Spiner and need help, submit an issue to the Spiner
+repository. If you'd like to contribute, just fork and submit a pull
+request. There's a check list in the PR template, and one of the main
+Spiner developers will review your PR.
+
 ## Contributors
 
 `Spiner` was primarily developed by Jonah Miller in collaboration with
 - Chad Meyer
 - Daniel Holladay
 - Josh Dolence
+- Sriram Swaminarayan
 
 Continuous integration and build system support has been provided by
 - Jonah Miller

doc/sphinx/index.rst

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ slice shown) on a GPU, with second-order convergence:
 See below for details of how to use spiner in your project and how to
 develop for it.
 
+If you use Spiner and need help, submit an issue to the Spiner
+repository. If you'd like to contribute, just fork and submit a pull
+request. There's a check list in the PR template, and one of the main
+Spiner developers will review your PR.
+
 Spiner also relies on `Ports of Call`_ as a simple performance
 portability layer. Ports of Call is included as a submodule, and
 automatically integrated into the build system.