1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts-dev/check-newsfragment b/scripts-dev/check-newsfragment
index 98a618f6b2..448cadb829 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/check-newsfragment
+++ b/scripts-dev/check-newsfragment
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
# A script which checks that an appropriate news file has been added on this
# branch.
+echo -e "+++ \033[32mChecking newsfragment\033[m"
+
set -e
# make sure that origin/develop is up to date
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ pr="$BUILDKITE_PULL_REQUEST"
if ! git diff --quiet FETCH_HEAD... -- debian; then
if git diff --quiet FETCH_HEAD... -- debian/changelog; then
echo "Updates to debian directory, but no update to the changelog." >&2
+ echo "!! Please see the contributing guide for help writing your changelog entry:" >&2
+ echo "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md#debian-changelog" >&2
exit 1
fi
fi
@@ -26,7 +30,12 @@ if ! git diff --name-only FETCH_HEAD... | grep -qv '^debian/'; then
exit 0
fi
-tox -qe check-newsfragment
+# Print a link to the contributing guide if the user makes a mistake
+CONTRIBUTING_GUIDE_TEXT="!! Please see the contributing guide for help writing your changelog entry:
+https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md#changelog"
+
+# If check-newsfragment returns a non-zero exit code, print the contributing guide and exit
+tox -qe check-newsfragment || (echo -e "$CONTRIBUTING_GUIDE_TEXT" >&2 && exit 1)
echo
echo "--------------------------"
@@ -38,6 +47,7 @@ for f in `git diff --name-only FETCH_HEAD... -- changelog.d`; do
lastchar=`tr -d '\n' < $f | tail -c 1`
if [ $lastchar != '.' -a $lastchar != '!' ]; then
echo -e "\e[31mERROR: newsfragment $f does not end with a '.' or '!'\e[39m" >&2
+ echo -e "$CONTRIBUTING_GUIDE_TEXT" >&2
exit 1
fi
@@ -47,5 +57,6 @@ done
if [[ -n "$pr" && "$matched" -eq 0 ]]; then
echo -e "\e[31mERROR: Did not find a news fragment with the right number: expected changelog.d/$pr.*.\e[39m" >&2
+ echo -e "$CONTRIBUTING_GUIDE_TEXT" >&2
exit 1
fi
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