From 31fdd26c6b89e0073fc1bf13a53dd72c61739d95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julie Qiu <julie@golang.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:08:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING.md: add guidelines for sending a CL

Change-Id: Ic5d32b855beaea237c23a1f0838227a5f415bded
Reviewed-on: https://team-review.git.corp.google.com/c/golang/discovery/+/768315
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Amsterdam <jba@google.com>
---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3d1061c9..569d03b0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ There are two ways to run pkg.go.dev locally.
 
 See [doc/frontend.md](doc/frontend.md) for details.
 
+## Before sending a CL for review
+
+1. Run `./all.bash` and fix all resulting errors. See
+  [doc/precommit.md](doc/precommit.md) for instructions on setting up a
+  pre-commit hook.
+2. Ensure your commit message is formatted according to
+  [Go conventions](http://golang.org/wiki/CommitMessage).
+
 ## Questions
 
 You can find us in the #tools channel on the Gophers Slack.