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@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ your email administrator for this.)
     <li>Other tag examples: gallium, util
   </ul>
 </p>
+<p>
+  Tick the following when creating the MR. It allows developers to
+  rebase your work on top of master.
+  <pre>Allow commits from members who can merge to the target branch</pre>
+</p>
 <p>
   If you revise your patches based on code review and push an update
   to your branch, you should maintain a <strong>clean</strong> history