From 86294dc37d4fadf40711b0fdb6420c08b4aab0cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Bauman <brian@gigday.co>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 14:01:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Explicitly calling out platform files should not be
 modified/checked in to get features to work as this is an antipattern.

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8f6ecf01e..3eb051fcd 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Submitting a bug fix or feature takes only a few minutes.
 4. Create a commit and push it to your repo.
 5. See the Pull Request section to let us know your code is ready to be merged into the main repo.
 
+MAKE SURE THE CODE WORKS WITHOUT MODIFYING OR CHECKING IN ANY PLATFORM FILES.  Any changes to platform files (like build scripts, config files or anything in the /platform directory) should be made by the plugin.  Since Cordova 4.3.0, the [platform management feature](https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/platform_plugin_versioning_ref/) allows you to build your project without checking in any platform files.  
+
 # Pull Requests
 
 * Fill in [the required template](PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md)