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@@ -96,17 +96,14 @@ you can use `git describe --contains <sha1 of commit>`.
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If at all possible, try to create this file in the same commit where you are
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making the change. Please give it a distinctive name that no other branch will
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use for the lifetime of your change. To verify the format of the changes file,
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-you can use `make check-changes`.
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+you can use `make check-changes`. This is run automatically as part of
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+`make check` -- if it fails, we must fix it before we release. These
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+checks are implemented in `scripts/maint/lintChanges.py`.
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When we go to make a release, we will concatenate all the entries
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in changes to make a draft changelog, and clear the directory. We'll
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then edit the draft changelog into a nice readable format.
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-To make sure that stuff is in the right format, we use
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-scripts/maint/lintChanges.py to check the changes files for
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-(superficial) validity. You can run this script on your own changes
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-files!
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-
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What needs a changes file?
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* A not-exhaustive list: Anything that might change user-visible
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