From bde33a399dea18d63dd36a9f08b0e1de479ec1c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Moelius Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 07:53:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update CONTRIBUTING.md --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 85f94a74ad91..3158080d2b30 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ All contributors are expected to follow the [Rust Code of Conduct]. - [Issue and PR triage](#issue-and-pr-triage) - [Bors and Homu](#bors-and-homu) - [Contributions](#contributions) + - [License](#license) [Zulip]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/clippy [Rust Code of Conduct]: https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/code-of-conduct @@ -245,6 +246,38 @@ Contributions to Clippy should be made in the form of GitHub pull requests. Each be reviewed by a core contributor (someone with permission to land patches) and either landed in the main tree or given feedback for changes that would be required. +All PRs should include a `changelog` entry with a short comment explaining the change. The rule of thumb is basically, +"what do you believe is important from an outsider's perspective?" Often, PRs are only related to a single property of a +lint, and then it's good to mention that one. Otherwise, it's better to include too much detail than too little. + +Clippy's [changelog] is created from these comments. Every release, someone gets all commits from bors with a +`changelog: XYZ` entry and combines them into the changelog. This is a manual process. + +Examples: +- New lint + ``` + changelog: new lint: [`missing_trait_methods`] + ``` +- False positive fix + ``` + changelog: Fix [`unused_peekable`] false positive when peeked in a closure or called as `f(&mut peekable)` + ``` +- Purely internal change + ``` + changelog: none + ``` + +Note this it is fine for a PR to include multiple `changelog` entries, e.g.: +``` +changelog: Something 1 +changelog: Something 2 +changelog: Something 3 +``` + +[changelog]: CHANGELOG.md + +## License + All code in this repository is under the [Apache-2.0] or the [MIT] license.