From: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:28:40 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: * CONTRIBUTE: Encourage adding tests.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-25.0.90~846
X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/commitdiff_plain/25775a12c5168b0494dff15639ac25d8e1017530

* CONTRIBUTE: Encourage adding tests.

Based on this post from John Wiegley:

  From: "John Wiegley" <johnw@newartisans.com>
  Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 1f02cbe: Fix bug#21766 and add test
  To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
  Cc: emacs-diffs@gnu.org, bruce.connor.am@gmail.com,
      emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
  Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 18:45:29 -0700
  Message-ID: <m2y4emqwg6.fsf@newartisans.com>

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-10/msg02372.html
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index 0ca5d0d56d..2aae251ce4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ for documentation errors before submitting a patch.
 ** Test your changes.
 
 Please test your changes before committing them or sending them to the
-list.
+list.  If possible, add a new test along with any bug fix or new
+functionality you commit (of course, some changes cannot be easily
+tested).
 
 Emacs uses ERT, Emacs Lisp Regression Testing, for testing.  See (info
 "(ert)") or https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/ert/