From ffed52f6ebc449b6dc74041829168541ef46b767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?V=C3=ADctor=20Gonz=C3=A1lez=20Prieto?=
 <victor.gp.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:20:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Document how to contribute syntax mappings

---
 CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3852a755..3dcd11bf 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ users, please read the corresponding
 [documentation](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/blob/master/doc/assets.md)
 first.
 
+To map a file name pattern to an existing syntax, read [the documentation here](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/blob/master/src/syntax_mapping/builtins/README.md).
+
 Note: We are currently not accepting new default themes.