docs: restore note about GAPIC generator in root CONTRIBUTING.rst

chalmerlowe · chalmerlowe · commit e13b6601d1c9 · 2026-07-07T10:03:09.000-04:00
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Contributing
 #. Make sure that your commit messages clearly describe the changes.
 #. Send a pull request. (Please Read: `Faster Pull Request Reviews`_)
 
+**Note:** All client libraries are automatically generated using `gapic-generator-python`_. Open source contributions for autogenerated code should be made in `gapic-generator-python`_.
+
+.. _gapic-generator-python: https://github.com/googleapis/gapic-generator-python
 .. _Faster Pull Request Reviews: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/guide/pull-requests.md#best-practices-for-faster-reviews
 
 .. contents:: Guidelines for hacking on the Google Cloud Client libraries.
