In the 6. step, add information about the common group commands
found in command-list.txt.

Signed-off-by: Sébastien Guimmara <[email protected]>
---
 Documentation/howto/new-command.txt | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt 
b/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt
index d7de5a3..e7b0cc2 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/new-command.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ your language, document it in the INSTALL file.
 that categorizes commands by type, so they can be listed in appropriate
 subsections in the documentation's summary command list.  Add an entry
 for yours.  To understand the categories, look at git-commands.txt
-in the main directory.
+in the main directory. If the new command is part of the typical Git
+workflow and you believe it's common enough to be mentioned in
+'git help', map this command to a common group in the column [common]
 
 7. Give the maintainer one paragraph to include in the RelNotes file
 to describe the new feature; a good place to do so is in the cover
-- 
2.4.0

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