From 90af4312197739ce3bb42b1b998a96738adfc426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:29:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ; * CONTRIBUTE: Ask not to use non-ASCII unless necessary.

(cherry picked from commit ed48b0d657cbf183a3e391a95672f921688e6ba8)
---
 CONTRIBUTE | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE
index bdee16eeab4..7c5c07771eb 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ formatting them:
   particular, gnu.org and fsf.org URLs should start with "https:".
 
 - Commit messages should contain only printable UTF-8 characters.
+  However, we ask that non-ASCII characters be used only if strictly
+  necessary, not just for aesthetic purposes.
 
 - Commit messages should not contain the "Signed-off-by:" lines that
   are used in some other projects.
-- 
2.39.5