diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # Ice-sheet and Sea-level System Model - ISSM
 [![C/C++ CI](https://github.com/ISSMteam/ISSM/actions/workflows/c-cpp.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ISSMteam/ISSM/actions/)
+[![Jenkins - Linux Basic](https://ross.ics.uci.edu/jenkins/job/Debian_Linux-Basic/lastBuild/buildStatus))](https://ross.ics.uci.edu/jenkins/job/Debian_Linux-Basic/lastBuild/buildStatus)
 
 ## Description
 ISSM is a large-scale thermo-mechanical 2D/3D parallelized multi-purpose finite-element software dedicated to ice sheet and sea-level modeling.
 
 ## Contact
- - Forum:   https://issm.ess.uci.edu/forum/
- - GitHub:  https://github.com/ISSMteam/ISSM
- - Website: http://issm.jpl.nasa.gov/
+ - Forum:	https://issm.ess.uci.edu/forum
+ - GitHub:	https://github.com/ISSMteam/ISSM
+ - Website:	https://issm.jpl.nasa.gov
 
 ## Checking Out a Copy of the Repository
 Navigate to the parent directory where you want the ISSM repository to be located and run,
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ or
 git clone git@github.com:ISSMteam/ISSM.git
 ```
 
-## Committing Changes to Repository
+## Committing Changes to the Repository
 A good basic workflow for committing changes to the repository is,
 
 1. Stash your local changes
@@ -39,9 +40,14 @@ git stash apply
 
 4. Add, commit, and push your changes
 ```
-git add
-git commit [-m <MSG>]
+git add [file]
+git commit [-m "descriptive commit message"]
 git push
 ```
 
-You should then submit a pull request via GitHub so that project admins can review your changes and merge them into the main branch.
+5. If you have forked the ISSM repository, consider making sure that your commit passes CI workflows before submitting a pull request.
+
+6. Submit a pull request via GitHub so that project admins can review your changes and merge them into the main branch.
+
+## Resources
+ - Git Guides: https://github.com/git-guides