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WalkthroughThe contributing guide now requires signed commits and describes signing methods for people, interactive agents, apps, bots, and workflows. It also documents PR branch checks, squash merges, and how to replace unsigned commits. ChangesCommit signing policy
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- Line 120: Update the signed-commit guidance in the contribution instructions:
tell contributors to keep the existing PR when they can force-push the rewritten
branch to its head, and open a new PR only when that branch cannot be updated.
Retain the guidance to rewrite the branch with signed commits.
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| so that GitHub signs each commit. | ||
| - Merge PRs with **squash**. The ruleset checks every commit on the PR branch, | ||
| not just the result, so one unsigned commit blocks the merge. Re-create such a | ||
| branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`) and open a new PR. |
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Keep the existing PR when the head branch can be updated.
If the contributor can force-push the rewritten branch, they can replace the unsigned commits with signed commits and keep the existing PR. This removes the unsigned-commit blocker without creating duplicate review and CI work. Open a new PR only when the existing head branch cannot be updated.
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- branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`) and open a new PR.
+ branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`). If the contributor can
+ force-push the rewritten branch to the existing PR head, keep that PR.
+ Open a new PR only if the existing head branch cannot be updated.📝 Committable suggestion
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| branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`) and open a new PR. | |
| branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`). If the contributor can | |
| force-push the rewritten branch to the existing PR head, keep that PR. | |
| Open a new PR only if the existing head branch cannot be updated. |
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Review comment at @.github/CONTRIBUTING.md at line 120:
Update the signed-commit guidance in the contribution instructions: tell
contributors to keep the existing PR when they can force-push the rewritten
branch to its head, and open a new PR only when that branch cannot be updated.
Retain the guidance to rewrite the branch with signed commits.
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Adds a Signed commits section to this repo's CONTRIBUTING, per owner ruling D218. The estate policy is
docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adocin hyperpolymath/standards.This repo's default branch is covered by the zero-bypass
Require-Signed-Commitsruleset, and rebase-merge is off. The section tells contributors what that requires:If the file already had its own signing section, that section is replaced in place instead of adding a second one. Lines elsewhere that told people to sign with GPG are changed to match the policy (SSH for people).
This is a docs-only change. The commit was created through
createCommitOnBranch, so GitHub signs it.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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