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   make check
   ```
 
+### Following our coding conventions
+
+Our coding conventions are documented in [STYLEGUIDE.md](STYLEGUIDE.md).
+
 ### Making SQL changes
 
 Sometimes you need to make change to the SQL that the citus extension runs upon