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 * How to make yourself familiar with Go and Vitess.
 * How to go through the GitHub workflow.
 * What to look for during code reviews.
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+### Contributions Related to Spelling and Grammar
+
+At this time, we will not be accepting contributions that only fix spelling, naming or grammatical errors in documentation, code, comments or elsewhere,
+from accounts created in the last 365 days. We appreciate your interest in contributing to Vitess, and we encourage you to contribute in other ways.
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