From 5b807ac791349255f1bed40d304bc1c4d17a27b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 15:25:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: specify how to link issues in commit log

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/7161
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6b761c7985..efe83ccf20 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ run `git shortlog` or `git log --oneline`.
 Check the output of `git log --oneline files_that_you_changed` to find out
 what subsystem (or subsystems) your changes touch.
 
+If your patch fixes an open issue, you can add a reference to it at the end
+of the log. Use the `Fixes:` prefix and the full issue URL. For example:
+
+```
+Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/1337
+```
 
 ### Step 4: Rebase