@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ If you want to help with updating the [changelog][changelog], you're in the righ
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55## When to update
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7- The changelog is ideally updated during the week before an upcoming stable
8- release. Typos and other small fixes/additions are always welcome. You can find
9- the release dates on the [ Rust Forge] [ forge ] .
7+ Typos and other small fixes/additions are _ always_ welcome.
8+
9+ Special care needs to be taken when it comes to updating the changelog for a new
10+ Rust release. For that purpose, the changelog is ideally updated during the week
11+ before an upcoming stable release. You can find the release dates on the [ Rust
12+ Forge] [ forge ] .
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1114Most of the time we only need to update the changelog for minor Rust releases. It's
1215been very rare that Clippy changes were included in a patch release.
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ already, but it's a good idea to do a manual cleanup pass where you look for
4245more irrelevant PRs. If you're not sure about some PRs, just leave them in for
4346the review and ask for feedback.
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45- With PRs filtered, you can start to take each PR and move the
48+ With the PRs filtered, you can start to take each PR and move the
4649` changelog: ` content to ` CHANGELOG.md ` . Adapt the wording as you see fit but
4750try to keep it somewhat coherent.
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@@ -54,6 +57,9 @@ The order should roughly be:
54574 . False positive fixes
55585 . Suggestion fixes/improvements
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60+ Please also be sure to update the Beta/Unreleased sections at the top with the
61+ relevant commit ranges.
62+
5763[ changelog ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
5864[ forge ] : https://forge.rust-lang.org/
5965[ tools ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/tree/master/src/tools
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