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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Prerequisites — the minimum versions and where to get them:

- `<tool` `2>` v\`\<version\>\` — `<install` `instruction>`.

- GPG signing key configured (estate policy — all commits must be
- SSH signing key configured (estate policy — all commits must be
signed). See
[standards/docs/secure-coding-training.md](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/secure-coding-training.md).

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ just fmt # auto-format
just lint # static checks
```

- All commits must be **GPG-signed** (CI enforces; see
- All commits must be **signed**, with SSH for people (CI enforces; see

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https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc required_signatures ruleset CI commit signature enforcement

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## What the policy says

- **Every commit reaching a default branch must be signed.** Humans and interactive agents use a registered SSH signing key; apps, bots, and CI should write through GitHub’s API or the estate’s `signed-push` action so GitHub signs the commit. ([github.com](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc))
- **`required_signatures` does not enforce the policy’s GPG/SSH split.** The ruleset accepts any valid signature; the preferred signer is governed by how each writer is configured. ([github.com](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc))
- **Ruleset canon:** standalone `require-signed-commits.json`, targeting `~DEFAULT_BRANCH` with `bypass_actors: []`. The policy says to enable it immediately for repos with no unsigned or invalid-signature landings in the prior 30 days; otherwise, enable it after unsigned commit producers are converted. ([github.com](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc))
- **Avoid unsigned-producing paths:** rebase merges, the Contents API with a user token/PAT, workflow `git push` with `GITHUB_TOKEN` or a PAT, and bot-written PR-branch fixes. Use squash merges or the listed signed API/action paths instead. ([github.com](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc))

**Scope caveat:** this describes the policy on the repository’s `main` branch; the page identifies rulings dated September 30, 2026. It explains the intended ruleset configuration, but doesn’t establish which repositories currently have the ruleset installed. ([github.com](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc))

Citations:

- 1: https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc
- 2: https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc
- 3: https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc
- 4: https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc
- 5: https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc

Attribute signing enforcement to the ruleset.

The estate policy identifies the required_signatures ruleset as the enforcement mechanism. Replace CI enforces with the ruleset enforces so the guide names the correct enforcement point.

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Review comment at @.github/CONTRIBUTING.md at line 57:
Update the commit-signing guidance in the CONTRIBUTING document to attribute
enforcement to the ruleset rather than CI. Replace the enforcement reference
while preserving the surrounding signing requirements and guidance.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

[standards](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards)).

- All source files must carry an **SPDX-License-Identifier** header (CI
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -106,3 +106,20 @@ When you make a non-obvious design decision, write it down:

- Estate-wide concerns (policy, conventions, CI): file at
`hyperpolymath/standards/issues`.

## 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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