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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.adoc in hyperpolymath/standards.

This repo's default branch is covered by the zero-bypass Require-Signed-Commits ruleset, and rebase-merge is off. The section tells contributors what that requires:

  • People and interactive agents sign with an SSH signing key.
  • Apps, bots and workflows write through the API, so GitHub signs their commits.
  • PRs are merged with squash.

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.

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Owner ruling D218. See docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc in hyperpolymath/standards.

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    • Updated the contribution guidance to require signed commits on the default branch, using a GitHub-registered SSH signing key and verified committer email for people and interactive agents.
    • Clarified that apps, bots and workflows must create commits through the API or the approved signed-push action.
    • Documented that pull requests must be squash-merged, unsigned commits on a pull request branch block merging, and rebase merging is unavailable.

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Both contributor guides add signed-commit requirements, signing instructions for different contributor types, and guidance on merging pull requests.

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Signed-commit contribution policy

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Signing and merge requirements
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md, CONTRIBUTING.md
Both guides require signed commits and describe signing methods for people, interactive agents, apps, bots, and workflows. They specify squash merging, explain that unsigned commits block merging, and state that rebase merging is disabled.

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The contributor guides say rebase-merge is disabled, but the repository configuration may still allow it. Align the settings or ruleset with the documented squash-only policy before relying on this guidance.

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The change documents security-relevant contribution requirements without an observed change to permissions or enforcement. Checked-in merge settings disagree with the stated restrictions, and effective platform enforcement remains unverified. No introduced security vulnerability was established.

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  • inferred — The evidenced security scope is contribution provenance and admission to this repository's default branch. The examined policy change does not establish additional application, tenant, credential, or deployment authority.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The documented signing responsibility differs by contributor class: people and interactive agents use registered SSH signing keys and a verified committer email; apps, bots, and workflows delegate signing to GitHub through the specified automated paths. These instructions describe expected controls, not verified effective authorization.

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  • proposed — Reconcile the contributor instructions and checked-in merge settings with effective GitHub configuration, including signed-commit enforcement and bypass actors, before treating the documented restrictions as established security guarantees.
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Comment thread CONTRIBUTING.md
- 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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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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git show a6f7e74092873fdcbbabe148aea4e1e4427202e3:CONTRIBUTING.md | nl -ba | sed -n '1,45p'
printf '%s\n' '--- .github/CONTRIBUTING.md at reviewed head ---'
git show a6f7e74092873fdcbbabe148aea4e1e4427202e3:.github/CONTRIBUTING.md | nl -ba | sed -n '125,148p'
printf '%s\n' '--- .github/settings.yml at reviewed head ---'
git show a6f7e74092873fdcbbabe148aea4e1e4427202e3:.github/settings.yml | nl -ba | sed -n '45,65p'
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git ls-tree -r --name-only a6f7e74092873fdcbbabe148aea4e1e4427202e3 | rg '(^|/)(settings|ruleset|rulesets|branch-protection|protected|repository)[^/]*|github' || true
printf '%s\n' '--- configuration references to rebase merge ---'
git grep -n -i -E 'rebase.?merge|allow_rebase_merge|branch.?protection|ruleset|merge_method' a6f7e74092873fdcbbabe148aea4e1e4427202e3 -- ':!*.lock' || true

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git show a6f7e74092873fdcbbabe148aea4e1e4427202e3:.github/settings.yml | nl -ba | sed -n '130,190p'
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GitHub’s REST documentation says `pull_request.parameters.allowed_merge_methods` is an array of `merge`, `squash`, and `rebase`, and **at least one option must be enabled**. So an explicit empty array (`[]`) is not documented as meaning “allow none”; it conflicts with that requirement. The docs don’t specify how GitHub handles `[]` in every API operation—such as whether it rejects the request or normalizes it—so that behavior remains unresolved. ([docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/rules?utm_source=openai))

For comparison, GitHub’s UI documentation says you can optionally require a merge type; it does not define empty-array semantics. ([docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/managing-rulesets/available-rules-for-rulesets?ref=jscarle.dev&utm_source=openai))

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- 1: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/rules?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/managing-rulesets/available-rules-for-rulesets?ref=jscarle.dev&utm_source=openai

Use a valid merge-method rule and align both guides.

Optimus-Branch is active for the default branch, but its allowed_merge_methods value is empty. GitHub requires at least one of merge, squash, or rebase, so this value does not establish that rebase-merge is disabled. Set an explicit valid merge-method list that matches the intended policy, then align allow_rebase_merge and both guide statements.

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Set Optimus-Branch’s allowed_merge_methods to a valid list that excludes rebase
if rebase-merge is intended to be disabled, and align allow_rebase_merge with
that policy. Update the merge-method statements in CONTRIBUTING.md (line 26) and
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md (line 138) to match the configured policy.

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An unexpected error occurred while generating fixes: Handler rejected Coding Agent Autofix task with HTTP 400

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hyperpolymath merged commit ac0b407 into main Oct 1, 2026
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hyperpolymath deleted the docs/signing-policy-d218 branch October 1, 2026 21:39
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