# Distribution reference

Go library to handle references to container images.

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This repository contains a library for handling references to container images held in container registries. Please see [godoc](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/distribution/reference) for details.

## Contribution

Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on how to contribute
issues, fixes, and patches to this project.

## Communication

For async communication and long running discussions please use issues and pull requests on the github repo.
This will be the best place to discuss design and implementation.

For sync communication we have a #distribution channel in the [CNCF Slack](https://slack.cncf.io/)
that everyone is welcome to join and chat about development.

## Licenses

The distribution codebase is released under the [Apache 2.0 license](LICENSE).