From 3baa47ca7b98e446969049fbe5ec789313bf537f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Pitcher <ericpitcher@live.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 18:18:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update conditional-rendering.md (#8636)

Stating the fact that component lifecycle methods will still fire as normal even though you return null from the render method.
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 docs/docs/conditional-rendering.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/docs/conditional-rendering.md b/docs/docs/conditional-rendering.md
index c737206295..ea1be02a4c 100644
--- a/docs/docs/conditional-rendering.md
+++ b/docs/docs/conditional-rendering.md
@@ -238,3 +238,5 @@ ReactDOM.render(
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+Returning `null` from a component's `render` method does not affect the firing of the component's lifecycle methods. For instance, `componentWillUpdate` and `componentDidUpdate` will still be called.