From 8f1eb7b2b03fd6907307f4e0065d0c43da22edb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelly Thomas Kline <kellytk@sw-e.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 19:44:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add trace log primer to the Contributing section

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 README.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ad44fff..f5a84d5d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ Some suggestions to get started:
 
 - You can look at the [good first issue](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/labels/good%20first%20issue) label on the issue tracker.
 - Help with packaging on various distributions needed!
+- To use print debugging to the `~/.cache/helix/helix.log` file, you must:
+  * Print using `log::info!`, `warn!`, or `error!`. (`log::info!("helix!")`)
+  * Pass the appropriate verbosity level option for the desired log level. (`hx -v <file>` for info, more `v`s for higher severity inclusive)
 - If your preferred language is missing, integrating a tree-sitter grammar for
     it and defining syntax highlight queries for it is straight forward and
     doesn't require much knowledge of the internals.