Collapse all README files into a single markdown file which shows up nicely on Github and is easy to read by itself in text form.

README.bootstrap.txt

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-BOOTSTRAPPING BASICS
------------------------
-
-You'll need:
-
-- Java 1.5
-- Ant 1.8 or later
-
-First, give Ant a location into which the completed Maven distro should be installed:
-
-    export M2_HOME=$HOME/apps/maven/apache-maven-3.0-SNAPSHOT
-
-Then, run Ant:
-
-    ant
-
-Once the build completes, you should have a new Maven distro ready to roll in your $M2_HOME directory!
-
-Enjoy.

README.md

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-Homepage
+# Maven
-========
-<http://maven.apache.org/>
 
-Wiki
+Maven is available under the [The Apache Software License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt)
-====
-<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Index>
 
-Issue Tracker
+- [Maven Issue Tracker](http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG)
-=============
+- [Maven Wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Index)
-<http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG>
+- [Building Maven](http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-building-m2.html)
+
+## Bootstrapping Basics
+
+If you want to bootstrap Maven you'll need:
+
+- Java 1.6+
+- Ant 1.8 or later
+
+First, give Ant a location into which the completed Maven distro should be installed:
+
+```
+export M2_HOME=$HOME/apps/maven/apache-maven-3.0-SNAPSHOT
+```
+
+Then, run Ant:
+
+```
+ant
+```
+
+Once the build completes, you should have a new Maven distro ready to roll in your $M2_HOME directory!
 
-License
-=======
-[The Apache Software License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt)

README.txt

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-See: 
-
-http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-building-m2.html
-