diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
-[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/git/git/_apis/build/status/test-git.git)](https://dev.azure.com/git/git/_build/latest?definitionId=2)
+Git for Windows
+===============
+
+[![Build Status (Windows/macOS/Linux)](https://dev.azure.com/git-for-windows/git/_apis/build/status/git-for-windows.git)](https://dev.azure.com/git-for-windows/git/_build/latest?definitionId=17)
+[![Build Status (core.autocrlf=true)](https://dev.azure.com/Git-for-Windows/git/_apis/build/status/TestWithAutoCRLF)](https://dev.azure.com/Git-for-Windows/git/_build/latest?definitionId=3)
+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/git-for-windows/git](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/git-for-windows/git?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+
+This is [Git for Windows](http://git-for-windows.github.io/), the Windows port
+of [Git](http://git-scm.com/).
+
+The Git for Windows project is run using a [governance
+model](http://git-for-windows.github.io/governance-model.html). If you
+encounter problems, you can report them as [GitHub
+issues](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues), discuss them on Git
+for Windows' [Google Group](http://groups.google.com/group/git-for-windows),
+and [contribute bug
+fixes](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/How-to-participate).
 
 Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
 =========================================================
@@ -29,7 +45,7 @@ CVS users may also want to read [Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt][]
 (`man gitcvs-migration` or `git help cvs-migration` if git is
 installed).
 
-The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git
+The user discussion and development of core Git take place on the Git
 mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature
 requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read
 [Documentation/SubmittingPatches][] for instructions on patch submission).
@@ -37,6 +53,7 @@ To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in
 the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are
 available at <https://public-inbox.org/git/>,
 <http://marc.info/?l=git> and other archival sites.
+The core git mailing list is plain text (no HTML!).
 
 Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to
 the Git Security mailing list <git-security@googlegroups.com>.