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authorAdrian Rivera <adrian.rivera.dev@gmail.com>2020-10-26 20:48:52 -0700
committerDavid Peter <sharkdp@users.noreply.github.com>2020-10-29 20:16:33 +0100
commit49d7bf8c3908262115e15830111bd6ae511b9e84 (patch)
tree17489169aa99d3711f6869d9eeedef21e12fcb6f
parentdade4cc6f36075e6a9872220cb640be049382e6c (diff)
From a TODO in #1211. Add documentation for contributors.
This changes the README file and adds a new section `Contributors`. This section includes instructions to remind contributors to make an update to the changelog.
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cargo install --path . --locked --force
```
+## Contributors
+
+Please don't forget to update `CHANGELOG.md` and describe your changes, this makes the release of a new `bat` version much easier.
+
+Each entry should follow the next format:
+- Short description of the change (one line)
+- Number of the pull request
+- Github's username
+
+See the next examples taken from `CHANGELOG.md`
+```
+- Added support for the `NO_COLOR` environment variable, see #1021 and #1031 (@eth-p)
+- Adjust pager configuration to comply with `--wrap=never`, see #1255 (@gahag)
+- Fixed non-printable characters display for redirected output, see #1061 (@gsomix)
+```
+
## Maintainers
- [sharkdp](https://github.com/sharkdp)