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Owner ruling D218. See docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc in hyperpolymath/standards. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WRvDivYwLSeVCJUrfjic3f
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WalkthroughThe contribution guide adds signed-commit requirements for people and automated actors. It also describes merge rules and steps for unsigned pull request branches. ChangesContribution guidance
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- Around line 132-134: Update the “Apps, bots and workflows” guidance to clarify
that GitHub automatically signs commits created through GraphQL
createCommitOnBranch only when signing is supported. State that other
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| - **Apps, bots and workflows** never `git push` local commits. They write | ||
| through the API (`createCommitOnBranch` or the estate `signed-push` action) | ||
| so that GitHub signs each commit. |
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Qualify the API signing instruction.
The REST Git Database API does not sign commits automatically. An app or workflow that follows this wording through that route can create an unsigned commit, which the signed-commit ruleset can reject. createCommitOnBranch is signed automatically only when GitHub supports signing for that operation.
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- through the API (`createCommitOnBranch` or the estate `signed-push` action)
- so that GitHub signs each commit.
+ through GraphQL `createCommitOnBranch` (which GitHub signs automatically when
+ supported) or the estate `signed-push` action. Other API commit-creation
+ routes, such as REST Git Database, require a valid detached signature.📝 Committable suggestion
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| - **Apps, bots and workflows** never `git push` local commits. They write | |
| through the API (`createCommitOnBranch` or the estate `signed-push` action) | |
| so that GitHub signs each commit. | |
| - **Apps, bots and workflows** never `git push` local commits. They write | |
| through GraphQL `createCommitOnBranch` (which GitHub signs automatically when | |
| supported) or the estate `signed-push` action. Other API commit-creation | |
| routes, such as REST Git Database, require a valid detached signature. |
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Review comment at @.github/CONTRIBUTING.md around lines 132 - 134:
Update the “Apps, bots and workflows” guidance to clarify that GitHub
automatically signs commits created through GraphQL createCommitOnBranch only
when signing is supported. State that other commit-creation API routes,
including REST Git Database, require a valid detached signature.
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The documentation accurately reflects the linked signing policy and enforced workflow.
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What changed in this PR
Adds repository-specific commit-signing guidance aligned with the estate policy.
Changes:
- Documents SSH signing for people and interactive agents.
- Documents API-based signing for automation and squash-only merges.
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Adds signed-commit requirements and remediation guidance. |
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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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