From 49d7bf8c3908262115e15830111bd6ae511b9e84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Rivera <adrian.rivera.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 20:48:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] From a TODO in #1211. Add documentation for contributors.

This changes the README file and adds a new section `Contributors`.
This section includes instructions to remind contributors to make an
update to the changelog.
---
 README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba34eea6..9357a30c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -676,6 +676,22 @@ bash assets/create.sh
 cargo install --path . --locked --force
 ```
 
+## Contributors
+
+Please don't forget to update `CHANGELOG.md` and describe your changes, this makes the release of a new `bat` version much easier.
+
+Each entry should follow the next format:
+- Short description of the change (one line)
+- Number of the pull request
+- Github's username
+
+See the next examples taken from `CHANGELOG.md`
+```
+- Added support for the `NO_COLOR` environment variable, see #1021 and #1031 (@eth-p)
+- Adjust pager configuration to comply with `--wrap=never`, see #1255 (@gahag)
+- Fixed non-printable characters display for redirected output, see #1061 (@gsomix)
+```
+
 ## Maintainers
 
 - [sharkdp](https://github.com/sharkdp)