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diff --git a/doc/HACKING b/doc/HACKING index ac68a35a0..4eee914ba 100644 --- a/doc/HACKING +++ b/doc/HACKING @@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ To write a changes file, first categorize the change. Some common categories are: Minor bugfixes, Major bugfixes, Minor features, Major features, Code simplifications and refactoring. Then say what the change does. Then, if it's a bugfix, then mention what bug it fixes and when the bug was -introduced. +introduced. To find out which Git tag the change was introduced in, +you can use "git describe --contains <sha1 of commit>". If at all possible, try to create this file in the same commit where you are making the change. Please give it a distinctive name that no |