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Add note to CONTRIBUTING guide about formatting.

Format-related changes are not desirable.

--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@

 * Please follow the coding style guidelines described in the

   [HACKING](../HACKING.md) file.

+* Please don't make unnecessary changes which just change formatting

+  without any actual change to program logic. While being consistent

+  is nice, such changes destroy the ability to use the `git blame`

+  command to see when code was last changed.

+

 * The guidelines given above in the "feature requests" section also

   apply here. New features which aren't in line with the project

   philosophy are likely to be rejected. If you're not sure, open a