README, CONTRIBUTING: Simplify

2 files changed, 32 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7b332cfe..78a97fcc 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -12,24 +12,31 @@ Refer to the README for community spaces.
 
 ## Reporting bugs
 
-Bug reports ideally include a reproduction recipe: a Go program which starts
-out with an empty repository and calls Furgit and/or Git commands to trigger
-undesirable behavior. Feel free to ask for help writing them.
+Bug reports ideally include a reproduction recipe:
+a Go program which starts out with an empty repository
+and calls Furgit and/or Git commands
+to trigger undesirable behavior.
+Feel free to ask for help writing them.
 
 Choose any one of:
 
 * [Open an issue on Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/lindenii/furgit/issues/new/choose)
-* Sending email to [my public inbox](https://lists.sr.ht/~runxiyu/public-inbox)
+* Send email to [my public inbox](https://lists.sr.ht/~runxiyu/public-inbox)
 * [Open an issue on GitHub](https://github.com/runxiyu/furgit/issues/new/choose)
 
 ## Submitting changes
 
-When fixing a bug, please write a regression test in a separate commit before
-your fix. Demonstrate that the regression test fails and that your fix lets it
-succeed. Obviously, the regression test must be reasonable, demonstrate a real
-issue (however minor), and must not itself contain hacks solely designed for
-the purposes of making the old code fail and the new one succeed. Feel free to
-ask for help writing regression tests.
+When fixing a bug,
+please write a regression test in a separate commit before your fix.
+Demonstrate that the regression test originally fails
+and that your fix lets it succeed.
+The regression test must be reasonable,
+demonstrate a real issue (however minor),
+and must not itself contain hacks
+solely designed for the purposes of
+making the old code fail
+and making the new one succeed.
+Feel free to ask for help writing them.
 
 Choose any one of:
 
@@ -40,13 +47,17 @@ Choose any one of:
 
 ## DCO sign-off
 
-For the purposes of the Developer Certificate of Origin, the "open source
-license" refers to the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0, with
-the above proxy designation in the README, pursuant to Section 14.
+For the purposes of the Developer Certificate of Origin,
+the "open source license"
+refers to the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.0,
+with the proxy designation in the README,
+pursuant to Section 14.
 
-All contributors are required to "sign‐off" their commits (using `git commit
--s`) to indicate that they have agreed to the [Developer Certificate of
-Origin](https://developercertificate.org), reproduced below.
+All contributors are required to "sign‐off" their commits
+(using `git commit -s`)
+to indicate that they have agreed to the
+[Developer Certificate of Origin](https://developercertificate.org),
+reproduced below.
 
 ```
 Developer Certificate of Origin
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5498db9..b417d0ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,24 +3,13 @@
 [![builds.sr.ht status](https://builds.sr.ht/~runxiyu/furgit/commits/next.svg)](https://builds.sr.ht/~runxiyu/furgit/commits/next)
 [![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/codeberg.org/lindenii/furgit.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/codeberg.org/lindenii/furgit)
 
-Furgit is a low‐level Git library in Go.
-
-Please refer to the API reference.
+A low‐level Git plumbing library in Go.
 
 ## Status
 
-* Years or decades away from stable
-* Absolutely no guarantees
-* Do not use in production
-* Mature alternative: [go-git](https://github.com/go-git/go-git)
-* Will use [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) starting at 1.0.0
-
-## Goals
-
-* General‐purpose Git plumbing library for UNIX‐like systems
-* Aim for extremely clear and modular architecture
-* Then aim for high performance
-* Expect familiarity with Git internals
+* This `next` branch is work in progress.
+* Early development, not suitable for production.
+* Mature alternative: [go-git](https://github.com/go-git/go-git).
 
 ## Community
 
@@ -29,7 +18,7 @@ Please refer to the API reference.
 * [#lindenii](https://web.libera.chat/#lindenii)
   on [Libera.Chat](https://libera.chat)
 
-See `CONTRIBUTING.md` for bug reports and patch submissions.
+See also `CONTRIBUTING.md`.
 
 ## Acknowledgements