From 4f84f4ed37880b32b113c9a32be11cf6ed77f756 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike McCready <66998419+MikeMcC399@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 11:37:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: expand revert commit collaborator instructions

Advise to add dont-land labels to commit and revert commit pairs
to prevent redundant backporting.

Signed-off-by: Mike McCready <66998419+MikeMcC399@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 doc/contributing/collaborator-guide.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/contributing/collaborator-guide.md b/doc/contributing/collaborator-guide.md
index e9dc344dcd38..2966f4dfeec0 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/collaborator-guide.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/collaborator-guide.md
@@ -490,6 +490,10 @@ generated commit message will not have a subsystem and might violate line length
 rules. That is OK. Append the reason for the revert and any `Refs` or `Fixes`
 metadata. Raise a pull request like any other change.
 
+Apply `dont-land-on-v?.x` labels to the revert pull request and to its
+corresponding original pull request,
+unless the original pull request has already been backported.
+
 ### Introducing new modules
 
 Treat commits that introduce new core modules with extra care.