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diff --git a/pkgs/README.md b/pkgs/README.md index 7f9b2fb2207..31a590e43d8 100644 --- a/pkgs/README.md +++ b/pkgs/README.md @@ -114,6 +114,25 @@ Now that this is out of the way. To add a package to Nixpkgs: 7. Optionally commit the new package and open a pull request [to nixpkgs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pulls), or use [the Patches category](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/about-the-patches-category/477) on Discourse for sending a patch without a GitHub account. +## Commit conventions + +- Make sure you read about the [commit conventions](../CONTRIBUTING.md#commit-conventions) common to Nixpkgs as a whole. + +- Format the commit messages in the following way: + + ``` + (pkg-name): (from -> to | init at version | refactor | etc) + + (Motivation for change. Link to release notes. Additional information.) + ``` + + Examples: + + * nginx: init at 2.0.1 + * firefox: 54.0.1 -> 55.0 + + https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/55.0/releasenotes/ + ## Category Hierarchy [categories]: #category-hierarchy |