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code. This is a requirement for all code we merge.
* Make sure to run "make check" locally, before posting your PR. We use a CI system, meaning we don't even look at your
PR, if the build and tests don't pass.
-* If you need to update the code in an existing PR, please consider opening a new PR (mentioning in it which old PR it
- replaces) and closing the old PR. This is much preferable over force-pushing a new patch set into the PR's branch, as
- commit comments aren't lost that way. That said, we don't follow this rule ourselves quite often, hence this is
- really just a say as we say, not say as we do...
+* If you need to update the code in an existing PR, force-push into the same branch, overriding old commits with new versions.
## Final Words