From b39de79a5d7f002a8966fa906481533bd572dfe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Bonnemains Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 17:47:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Warn the contributors about duplicates (#1432) * Warn the contributors about duplicates Adding a note to the README * Update README.md Co-authored-by: Kevin Larkin (MS) --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 70571110c..4d721a37d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ To submit a package to the repository, you should follow these steps: 4) Submit your PR 5) Respond to any feedback +>Note: Please check that the package's manifest you intend to submit does not already exist in the manifests folder, and that there are no open PRs for it in order to avoid duplicates. + ## Authoring a Manifest The minimal manifest syntax is below. Additional information on writing manifests can be found on [Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/package/manifest) or on the [v0.1 manifest spec](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/master/doc/ManifestSpecv0.1.md).