README

			       Macaulay2

Macaulay2 is a system for computing in commutative algebra, algebraic geometry
and related fields.  The system was originally written by Dan Grayson and Mike
Stillman.  David Eisenbud joined the project a number of years ago, and many
users are writing packages for the system, and some are contributing source
code.  See our web page 

  http://macaulay2.com/

for more details and for downloading binary releases.

The source code is available at

   https://github.com/Macaulay2/M2.

One uses the program "git" to access it.  For brief instructions about how to
use git, see

  https://github.com/Macaulay2/M2/wiki/GitHowTo.

Report bugs via the github issue tracker at

  http://github.com/Macaulay2/M2/.  

The directory containing this file is the top level directory of the directory
tree that contains the following subdirectories:

    M2	     The subdirectory "M2" contains everything needed by a user to
	     build Macaulay2, and the file "M2/INSTALL" gives instructions for
	     doing so.

    bugs     The subdirectory "bugs" is where we keep track of older bug 
    	     reports.