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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index e7659b06c71..4130c57d472 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -257,6 +257,18 @@ Please ensure that your merge request meets the contribution acceptance criteria When having your code reviewed and when reviewing merge requests please take the [thoughtbot code review guidelines](https://github.com/thoughtbot/guides/tree/master/code-review) into account. +## Changes for Stable Releases + +Sometimes certain changes have to be added to an existing stable release. +Two examples are bug fixes and performance improvements. In these cases the +corresponding merge request should be updated to have the following: + +1. A milestone indicating what release the merge request should be merged into. +1. The label "Pick into Stable" + +This makes it easier for release managers to keep track of what still has to be +merged and where changes have to be merged into. + ## Definition of done If you contribute to GitLab please know that changes involve more than just |