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Add admonition about hub pull-request #6632

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@1ec5 1ec5 commented Oct 7, 2016

hub pull-request is a nifty tool, but it must be used with care. Commandeering an older issue opened by another contributor creates confusion about who fixed the issue and when. It can be especially problematic if the pull request is declined or fails to fix the original issue. Other contributors are then forced to redo the original issue report, and visitors must follow a trail of derailed issues-turned-PRs.

/ref #1749 (comment) #3563 (comment)

hub pull-request is a nifty tool, but it must be used with care. Commandeering an older issue opened by another contributor creates confusion about who fixed the issue and when. It can be especially problematic if the pull request is declined or off-topic, forcing other contributors to redo the original issue report and forcing visitors to follow a trail of derailed issues-turned-PRs.
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@1ec5, thanks for your PR! By analyzing the history of the files in this pull request, we identified @friedbunny, @incanus and @boundsj to be potential reviewers.

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jfirebaugh commented Oct 7, 2016

I assume external contributors will not have the permissions necessary to run hub pull-request -i on someone else's issue. So while I agree with the sentiment, I'm not sure it's necessary to add it to CONTRIBUTING.md, whose primary audience is external contributors.

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1ec5 commented Oct 7, 2016

Oh, I hadn’t considered that. Closing – Mapboxers, considered yourselves warned. 😛

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