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authorMatthias Beyer <matthias.beyer@ifm.com>2022-09-01 11:24:26 +0200
committerMatthias Beyer <matthias.beyer@ifm.com>2022-09-01 17:46:59 +0200
commit235c78e50c00b0f7cf9a9bbe179aa580a708ce86 (patch)
tree9cede0024d10aa0231e34f68afdfeb4556dcc529
parent65e743526cd443805b808472cafa930e9136f15e (diff)
Revert "Remove section on auto-close functionality"
After discussion we agreed to not remove this paragraph for now. This reverts commit 115d23af7811a49f088534a9645601b6de373312. Suggested-by: Didier Wenzek <didier.wenzek@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Matthias Beyer <matthias.beyer@ifm.com>
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@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ When possible, fill out as much detail in the pull request template as is
reasonable. Most important is to reference the GitHub issue that you are
addressing with the PR.
+**NOTE:** GitHub has [a feature](https://docs.github.com/en/github/managing-your-work-on-github/linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue#linking-a-pull-request-to-an-issue-using-a-keyword)
+that will automatically close issues referenced with a keyword (such as "Fixes")
+by a PR or commit once the PR/commit is merged. Don't use these keywords. We
+don't want issues to be automatically closed. We want our testers to
+independently verify and close them.
+
## Writing good commit messages
Having clear, concise and well-written commit messages for all changes is not