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17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
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Expand Up @@ -123,3 +123,20 @@ We follow [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/):
[optional body]

[optional footer]

## Signed commits

Every commit that reaches the default branch must be signed; a ruleset refuses
unsigned pushes. Estate policy:
[SIGNING-POLICY](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc).

- **People and interactive agents** sign with an SSH key registered on GitHub
as a *signing* key (`gpg.format=ssh`, `user.signingkey=<key>.pub`,
`commit.gpgsign=true`). The committer email must be verified on that account.
- **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.
- 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.
Rebase-merge replays commits unsigned and is disabled.

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Align the merge configuration with both contribution guides.

.github/settings.yml is applied to the forge by a GitHub App and sets allow_rebase_merge: true. Both guides state that rebase-merge is disabled. If rebase-merge must remain disabled, set allow_rebase_merge: false; otherwise update both guides to document the configured policy.

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  • CONTRIBUTING.adoc#L26-L26
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Review comment at @.github/CONTRIBUTING.md at line 142:
Align the merge policy across .github/settings.yml and both contribution guides:
either disable rebase-merge by setting allow_rebase_merge to false, or update
the guidance in .github/CONTRIBUTING.md at line 142 and CONTRIBUTING.adoc at
line 26 to document the configured enabled policy. Make the same policy explicit
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*Author:* Jonathan D.A. Jewell j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk

== Signed commits

Every commit that reaches the default branch must be signed; a ruleset refuses
unsigned pushes. Estate policy:
https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc[SIGNING-POLICY].

* **People and interactive agents** sign with an SSH key registered on GitHub
as a *signing* key (`gpg.format=ssh`, `user.signingkey=<key>.pub`,
`commit.gpgsign=true`). The committer email must be verified on that account.
* **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.
* 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.
Rebase-merge replays commits unsigned and is disabled.
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