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If a change fixes a bug registered in the Automake debbugs tracker,
mention the bug number in the commit message.
-* If somebody reports a new bug, mention his name in the commit message
- that fixes or exposes the bug, and put him into THANKS.
+* If somebody reports a new bug, mention their name in the commit message
+ that fixes or exposes the bug, and add a line for them in THANKS.
* When documenting a non-trivial idiom or example in the manual, be
sure to add a test case for it, and to reference such test case from