From 231564ee5b2862925211234da45c9ccafe201be2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Ryan Stinnett" <jryans@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 16:48:00 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Document no changes file needed for bugfixes on unreleased
 code

Fixes #20932.
---
 doc/HACKING/CodingStandards.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/HACKING/CodingStandards.md b/doc/HACKING/CodingStandards.md
index f1c65850a4..01212a9919 100644
--- a/doc/HACKING/CodingStandards.md
+++ b/doc/HACKING/CodingStandards.md
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ What needs a changes file?
    rewrites.  Anything about which somebody might plausibly wonder "when
    did that happen, and/or why did we do that" 6 months down the line.
 
+What does not need a changes file?
+
+   * Bugfixes for code that hasn't shipped in any released version of Tor
+
 Why use changes files instead of Git commit messages?
 
    * Git commit messages are written for developers, not users, and they