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@@ -51,3 +51,8 @@ feat(bar)!: foo the bars
 
 BREAKING CHANGE: bars are now foo'ed
 ```
+
+## For Maintainers
+
+Use squash merges when reasonable. They don't pollute the log with merge commits, and
+unlike rebase merges, list the author as the committer as well.