From b7fe3323a1967a54372538feeed9c9a9872dbcad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fokko <fokko@apache.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 21:08:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add pull-request template

---
 .github/pull_request_template.md | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/pull_request_template.md

diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afcc22b98a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<!--
+Thanks for opening a pull request!
+-->
+
+<!-- In the case this PR will resolve an issue, please replace ${GITHUB_ISSUE_ID} below with the actual Github issue id. -->
+<!-- Closes #${GITHUB_ISSUE_ID} -->
+
+# Rationale for this change
+
+# Are these changes tested?
+
+# Are there any user-facing changes?
+
+<!-- In the case of user-facing changes, please add the changelog label. -->

From b461488348f97194998775e63d6fe98b3aa9a6f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fokko <fokko@apache.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 21:55:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Exclude from RAT

---
 dev/.rat-excludes | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/dev/.rat-excludes b/dev/.rat-excludes
index e93e25b69e..3475dda5bb 100644
--- a/dev/.rat-excludes
+++ b/dev/.rat-excludes
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ build
 .git
 .gitignore
 poetry.lock
+.github/pull_request_template.md

From 9c7f1363b5cc1d2cde9cccd5343813de36123d49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fokko <fokko@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 22:59:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Does this work?

---
 dev/.rat-excludes | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dev/.rat-excludes b/dev/.rat-excludes
index 3475dda5bb..084c53d2c4 100644
--- a/dev/.rat-excludes
+++ b/dev/.rat-excludes
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+.github/*
 .rat-excludes
 build
 .git
 .gitignore
 poetry.lock
-.github/pull_request_template.md

From 866f96c1a6035ff7e59aa8c2c7d36656c7125680 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fokko <fokko@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:01:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update how to guide

---
 mkdocs/docs/how-to-release.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/how-to-release.md b/mkdocs/docs/how-to-release.md
index 4af3a212fe..1747c08348 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/how-to-release.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/how-to-release.md
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ Then, select the previous release version as the **Previous tag** to use the dif
 
 **Set as the latest release** and **Publish**.
 
+Make sure to check the `changelog` label on GitHub to see if anything needs to be highlighted.
+
 ### Release the docs
 
 Run the [`Release Docs` Github Action](https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/actions/workflows/python-release-docs.yml).