doc: add a sentence about REPLACEME in code changes

When adding to the REPL API recently, I was unsure what to put as a
version number for the new method I added. This change adds a reference
to `releases.md` where the use of `REPLACEME` is discussed.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/25961
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
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Lance Ball 2019-02-06 10:09:23 -05:00 committed by Daniel Bevenius
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@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ time to ensure that the changes follow the Node.js code style guide.
Any documentation you write (including code comments and API documentation)
should follow the [Style Guide](../../STYLE_GUIDE.md). Code samples included
in the API docs will also be checked when running `make lint` (or
`vcbuild.bat lint` on Windows).
`vcbuild.bat lint` on Windows). If you are adding to or deprecating an API,
use `REPLACEME` for the version number in the documentation YAML.
For contributing C++ code, you may want to look at the
[C++ Style Guide](../../../CPP_STYLE_GUIDE.md).