Add policy on user-interface changes

Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Add note that all user interface changes
should include associated documentation updates.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Ruder <andy@aeruder.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 131bcff9b2367d63d7c8960487893bfcbfcfaa40..2386f496ee9c6151730e84385bf6b17a3eb42e10 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient):
        - provide additional information (which is unsuitable for
          the commit message) between the "---" and the diffstat
        - send the patch to the list _and_ the maintainer
+       - if you change, add, or remove a command line option or
+         make some other user interface change, the associated
+         documentation should be updated as well.
 
 Long version: