From a4b67ee1952367403290392db428d2eb499454d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stepnivlk <tomas@stepnivlk.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 14:51:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Mention `no merge policy` in the CONTRIBUTING guide

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e785f03d7de..5757773e122 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ bring those changes into the source repository.
 
 Please make pull requests against the `master` branch.
 
+Rust follows a no merge policy, meaning, when you encounter merge
+conflicts you are expected to always rebase instead of merge.
+E.g. always use rebase when bringing the latest changes from
+the master branch to your feature branch.
+Also, please make sure that fixup commits are squashed into other related
+commits with meaningful commit messages.
+
 Please make sure your pull request is in compliance with Rust's style
 guidelines by running