From 475d64f2de7403a01b1b36c487328ed41d29c20c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abseil Team <absl-team@google.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 10:01:14 -0700
Subject:   - edb38790ce245c95715e5c50dfafb0db79d2cdc4 Add quickstart and build
 sections to readme. by Alex Strelnikov <strel@google.com>   -
 508b3da428bc79cab730aa57109b352a58820573 Fix accidentally qualifying std int
 types with absl:: in ... by Alex Strelnikov <strel@google.com>

GitOrigin-RevId: edb38790ce245c95715e5c50dfafb0db79d2cdc4
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 README.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ standard library.
 ## Table of Contents
 
 - [About Abseil](#about)
+- [Quickstart](#quickstart)
+- [Building Abseil](#build)
 - [Codemap](#codemap)
 - [License](#license)
 - [Links](#links)
-- [Build with cmake](#cmake)
 
 <a name="about"></a>
 ## About Abseil
@@ -30,6 +31,26 @@ just found that many of these utilities serve a purpose within our code
 base, and we now want to provide those resources to the C++ community as
 a whole.
 
+<a name="quickstart"></a>
+## Quickstart
+
+If you want to just get started, make sure you at least run through the
+[Abseil Quickstart](https://abseil.io/docs/cpp/quickstart). The Quickstart
+contains information about setting up your development environment, downloading
+the Abseil code, running tests, and getting a simple binary working.
+
+<a name="build"></a>
+## Building Abseil
+
+[Bazel](http://bazel.build) is the official build system for Abseil,
+which is supported on most major platforms (Linux, Windows, MacOS, for example)
+and compilers. See the [quickstart](https://abseil.io/docs/cpp/quickstart) for
+more information on building Abseil using the Bazel build system.
+
+<a name="cmake"></a>
+If you require CMake support, please check the
+[CMake build instructions](CMake/README.md).
+
 ## Codemap
 
 Abseil contains the following C++ library components:
@@ -85,8 +106,3 @@ For more information about Abseil:
 * Peruse our
   [Abseil Compatibility Guarantees](http://abseil.io/about/compatibility) to
   understand both what we promise to you, and what we expect of you in return.
-  
-<a name="cmake"></a>
-## Build with CMake
-
-Please check the [CMake build instructions](CMake/README.md)
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