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 > **ATTENTION** This is an experimental test of [The Carpentries Workbench](https://carpentries.github.io/workbench) lesson infrastructure.
 > It was automatically converted from the source lesson via [the lesson transition script](https://github.com/carpentries/lesson-transition/).
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 > If anything seems off, please contact Zhian Kamvar [zkamvar@carpentries.org](mailto:zkamvar@carpentries.org)
 
 # Programming with Julia
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 ## Contributing
 
+Note: This lessons content is generated from [Literate.jl](https://fredrikekre.github.io/Literate.jl/v2/) files living on the `literate` branch.
+Please edit these for contributing to this lesson.
+
 We welcome all contributions to improve the lesson! Maintainers will do their
 best to help you if you have any questions, concerns, or experience any
 difficulties along the way.