The documentation team reviews every new commit in a release to determine whether any documentation needs to be updated. The Jira Epic ref, GitHub Issue ref or Docs note in the commit message tells them why the commit was made to better inform their work on the documentation and release notes. This page provides guidance on when and how Cockroach Labs engineers should include these references or write these texts.
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Every commit must include at least an Epic ref, an Issue ref or a Docs note.
If the commit does not require a release note and there is no Epic ref or Issue ref, use Docs note: None.
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