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CONTRIBUTING: Add note about how to commit new maintainers-list.nix entry

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@ -535,6 +535,11 @@ To get a sense for what changes are considered mass rebuilds, see [previously me
The old config generation system used impure shell scripts and could break in specific circumstances (see #1234).
When adding yourself as maintainer, in the same pull request, make a separate
commit with the message `maintainers: add <handle>`.
Add the commit before those making changes to the package or module.
See [Nixpkgs Maintainers](../maintainers/README.md) for details.
### Writing good commit messages
In addition to writing properly formatted commit messages, it's important to include relevant information so other developers can later understand *why* a change was made. While this information usually can be found by digging code, mailing list/Discourse archives, pull request discussions or upstream changes, it may require a lot of work.