From 2635f96eba6517b44184866258f881a553d427eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Mirabella <a9@aneurysm9.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 20:50:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Ask for changelog updates with PRs (#879)

* Ask for changelog updates with PRs

* Add PR ID to changelog entry

* move changelog entry to unreleased
---
 CHANGELOG.md    |  4 ++++
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 10 +++++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4cefe34b81..9cde178ab25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Update `CONTRIBUTING.md` to ask for updates to `CHANGELOG.md` with each pull request. (#879)
+
 ## [0.7.0] - 2020-06-26
 
 This release implements the v0.5.0 version of the OpenTelemetry specification.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e12e7b3df17..210f933151f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -67,19 +67,21 @@ Enter the newly created directory and add your fork as a new remote:
 $ git remote add <YOUR_FORK> git@github.com:<YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME>/opentelemetry-go
 ```
 
-Check out a new branch, make modifications, run linters and tests, and
-push the branch to your fork:
+Check out a new branch, make modifications, run linters and tests, update
+`CHANGELOG.md`, and push the branch to your fork:
 
 ```sh
 $ git checkout -b <YOUR_BRANCH_NAME>
 # edit files
+# update changelog
 $ make precommit
 $ git add -p
 $ git commit
 $ git push <YOUR_FORK> <YOUR_BRANCH_NAME>
 ```
 
-Open a pull request against the main `opentelemetry-go` repo.
+Open a pull request against the main `opentelemetry-go` repo. Be sure to add the pull
+request ID to the entry you added to `CHANGELOG.md`.
 
 ### How to Receive Comments
 
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ A PR is considered to be **ready to merge** when:
   people reasonable time to review.
 * Trivial change (typo, cosmetic, doc, etc.) doesn't have to wait for
   one day.
+* `CHANGELOG.md` has been updated to reflect what has been
+  added, changed, removed, or fixed.
 * Urgent fix can take exception as long as it has been actively
   communicated.