From 24167905955ed6d2aa9d474c80402a40c1cc7b92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 17:18:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about testing out-of-tree builds

* CONTRIBUTE: Ask contributors to test out-of-tree builds when
making build system changes.
---
 CONTRIBUTE | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index 2d70c4916ca..023d026a6c6 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ top-level directory.  Most tests are in the directory "test/".  From
 the "test/" directory, run "make <filename>" to run the tests for
 <filename>.el(c).  See "test/README" for more information.
 
+If you're making changes that involve the Emacs build system, please
+test 'out-of-tree' builds as well, i.e.:
+
+    mkdir emacs-build
+    cd emacs-build
+    ../path-to-emacs-sources/configure
+    make
+
 ** Commit messages
 
 Ordinarily, a change you commit should contain a log entry in its
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