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@@ -945,8 +945,8 @@ Without much ado, here is the list of cases which need to be considered:
 == Using git / sending patches
 
 For a short introduction into using git, see
-http://www.spheredev.org/wiki/Git_for_the_lazy or, for more documentation, see
-http://git-scm.com/documentation
+http://web.archive.org/web/20121024222556/http://www.spheredev.org/wiki/Git_for_the_lazy
+or, for more documentation, see http://git-scm.com/documentation
 
 Please talk to us before working on new features to see whether they will be
 accepted. There are a few things which we don’t want to see in i3, e.g. a