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Mention keyword closing policy #65007

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Expand Up @@ -129,6 +129,14 @@ the master branch to your feature branch.
Also, please make sure that fixup commits are squashed into other related
commits with meaningful commit messages.

GitHub allows [closing issues using keywords][closing-keywords]. This feature
should be used to keep the issue tracker tidy. However, it is generally preferred
to put the "closes #123" text in the PR description rather than the issue commit;
particularly during rebasing, citing the issue number in the commit can "spam"
the issue in question.

[closing-keywords]: https://help.github.com/en/articles/closing-issues-using-keywords

Please make sure your pull request is in compliance with Rust's style
guidelines by running

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