From 1273d4830e36e55ee6d4ca24715490d2c49f11c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver Kopp <kopp.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:36:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add link to steps when adding a new maintainer

Co-authored-by: Anderson Torres <torres.anderson.85@protonmail.com>
---
 maintainers/maintainer-list.nix | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 77321baf7320..98f1a564b0a7 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
          nix-build lib/tests/maintainers.nix
 
     See `./scripts/check-maintainer-github-handles.sh` for an example on how to work with this data.
+
+    When adding a new maintainer, be aware of the current commit conventions
+    documented at [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#commit-conventions)
+    file located in the root of the Nixpkgs repo.
 */
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   _0b11stan = {