[tor-commits] [tor/master] mention lintChanges.py in the coding standards

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit 311a13220cc511a9214cca3b4523b80600288c3b
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Mon Feb 1 16:47:47 2016 -0500

    mention lintChanges.py in the coding standards
---
 doc/HACKING/CodingStandards.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/HACKING/CodingStandards.md b/doc/HACKING/CodingStandards.md
index bec0765..4aafa5d 100644
--- a/doc/HACKING/CodingStandards.md
+++ b/doc/HACKING/CodingStandards.md
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ When we go to make a release, we will concatenate all the entries
 in changes to make a draft changelog, and clear the directory. We'll
 then edit the draft changelog into a nice readable format.
 
+To make sure that stuff is in the right format, we use
+scripts/maint/lintChanges.py to check the changes files for
+(superficial) validity.  You can run this script on your own changes
+files!
+
 What needs a changes file?
 
    * A not-exhaustive list: Anything that might change user-visible