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app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     classes
   end
 
+  def count_github_contibutors
+    File.open(Rails.root.join('CONTRIBUTORS.md')).readlines.grep(/^-/).size
+  end
+
   # Produces a cache key for uniquely identifying cached fragments.
   def cache_key_for(klass, identifier = "all")
     count          = klass.count

app/views/home/_stats.html.haml

@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
      member: link_to(t('.member_linktext', count: Member.confirmed.size.to_i), members_path),
      number_crops: link_to(t('.number_crops_linktext', count: Crop.count.to_i), crops_path),
      number_plantings: link_to(t('.number_plantings_linktext', count: Planting.count.to_i), plantings_path),
-     number_gardens: link_to(t('.number_gardens_linktext', count: Garden.count.to_i), gardens_path))
-
-
+     number_gardens: link_to(t('.number_gardens_linktext', count: Garden.count.to_i), gardens_path),
+     contributors: link_to(count_github_contibutors, 'http://github.com/Growstuff/growstuff/CONTRIBUTORS.md', target: '_blank', rel: 'noopener'), 
+     github: link_to('GitHub', 'http://github.com/Growstuff/growstuff', target: '_blank', rel: 'noopener'))

app/views/home/index.html.haml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
       %p= render 'stats', cached: true
     .col
+      %br
       %p
         - if current_member.plantings.active.any?
           = link_to member_path(current_member, anchor: "#content"), class: 'btn btn-dark' do

config/locales/en.yml

@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ en:
         Our team includes volunteers from all walks of life and all skill levels. To get involved,
         visit %{talk_link} or find more information on the %{wiki_link}.
       get_involved_title: Get Involved
-      github_linktext: Github
       open_data_body_html: >
         We're building a database of crops, planting advice, seed sources, and other information that anyone
         can use for free, under a %{creative_commons_link}. You can use this data for research, to build apps,
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ en:
       view_all: View all seeds
     stats:
       member_linktext: "%{count} members"
-      message_html: So far, %{member} have planted %{number_crops} %{number_plantings} in %{number_gardens}.
+      message_html: So far, %{member} have planted %{number_crops} %{number_plantings} in %{number_gardens}; and %{contributors} people have contributed to our code on %{github}!
       number_crops_linktext: "%{count} crops"
       number_gardens_linktext: "%{count} gardens"
       number_plantings_linktext: "%{count} times"