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@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ the bug number. Example:
When removing a toolbar, make its items available again in the toolbar
editor. (Bug #131182)
+If there is no bug report that records who approved the patch for commit,
+you must add that information to the checkin comment, e.g. "approved by chpe
+on IRC" (unless you're a core contributors and thus can self-approve your
+commits).
+
Checkin comments MUST use the UTF-8 encoding.
If you forget to check in some changes that belonged in the same commit (e.g.