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commit 8b7457e85926e0e7ba91e4ca92982aeff6a26ec4
Author: Nic Crane <th...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Jul 24 19:26:57 2023 +0100

    MINOR: [R] Add NEWS gathering instructions (#36804)
    
    ### Rationale for this change
    
    Add instructions on how to find relevant commits to use as basis of updating NEWS.md during a release
    
    Authored-by: Nic Crane <th...@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: Nic Crane <th...@gmail.com>
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 r/PACKAGING.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/r/PACKAGING.md b/r/PACKAGING.md
index 6cfa903650..ef996c88cf 100644
--- a/r/PACKAGING.md
+++ b/r/PACKAGING.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ For a high-level overview of the release process see the
 - [ ] Ensure the contents of the README are accurate and up to date.
 - [ ] Run `urlchecker::url_check()` on the R directory at the release candidate.
   commit. Ignore any errors with badges as they will be removed in the CRAN release branch.
-- [ ] [Polish NEWS](https://style.tidyverse.org/news.html#news-release) but do **not** update version numbers (this is done automatically later).
+- [ ] [Polish NEWS](https://style.tidyverse.org/news.html#news-release) but do **not** update version numbers (this is done automatically later). You can find commits by, for example, `git log --oneline aa057d0..HEAD | grep "\[R\]"`
 - [ ] Run preliminary reverse dependency checks using `archery docker run r-revdepcheck`.
 - [ ] For major releases, prepare tweet thread highlighting new features.