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@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@ Please ensure your changes match the cosmetic style of the existing project,
 and **never** mix cosmetic and functional changes in the same commit, as it
 makes it horribly hard to review otherwise.
 
+Before doing a commit, ensure the changes you've made don't produce
+linting errors. You can do this by running the linters as follows. Ensure to
+commit any files that were corrected.
+
+::
+    # Install the dependencies
+    pip install -U black flake8 isort
+    
+    # Run the linter script
+    ./scripts-dev/lint.sh
+
 Changelog
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