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authorLaurenČ›iu Nicola <[email protected]>2021-04-19 19:09:24 +0100
committerLaurenČ›iu Nicola <[email protected]>2021-04-19 19:30:44 +0100
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internal: Add guidelines for release notes PR descriptions
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84If the change adds a new user-visible functionality, consider recording a GIF with [peek](https://github.com/phw/peek) and pasting it into the PR description. 84If the change adds a new user-visible functionality, consider recording a GIF with [peek](https://github.com/phw/peek) and pasting it into the PR description.
85 85
86To make writing the release notes easier, you can mark a pull request as a feature, fix, internal change, or minor.
87Minor changes are excluded from the release notes, while the other types are distributed in their corresponding sections.
88There are two ways to mark this:
89
90* use a `feat: `, `feature: `, `fix: `, `internal: ` or `minor: ` prefix in the PR title
91* write `changelog [feature|fix|internal|skip] [description]` in a comment or in the PR description; the description is optional, and will replace the title if included.
92
93These comments don't have to be added by the PR author.
94Editing a comment or the PR description or title is also fine, as long as it happens before the release.
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86**Rationale:** clean history is potentially useful, but rarely used. 96**Rationale:** clean history is potentially useful, but rarely used.
87But many users read changelogs. 97But many users read changelogs.
98Including a description and GIF suitable for the changelog means less work for the maintainers on the release day.
88 99
89## Clippy 100## Clippy
90 101