From 60dae5600660b3b0ef22d7ca4a0584785f77a3a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jonathan D.A. Jewell" <6759885+hyperpolymath@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:00:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(docs): list the contributing guide where it actually
 lives

The repository-structure block listed `CONTRIBUTING.md` at the repository
root, but the guide lives at `.github/CONTRIBUTING.md` - the entry pointed
at a location it had already moved away from. The entry is moved under the
tree's existing `.github/` branch, at the block's own comment column; the
layout of the rest of the tree is untouched.
---
 .github/CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a117355..ffa56af 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ ponyiser/
 │   └── contractiles/    # Policy contracts (k9, dust, lust, must, trust)
 ├── .well-known/         # Protocol files (Perimeter 1-3)
 ├── .github/             # GitHub config (Perimeter 1)
+│   ├── CONTRIBUTING.md  # This file
 │   ├── ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
 │   └── workflows/
 ├── CHANGELOG.md
 ├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
-├── CONTRIBUTING.md      # This file
 ├── GOVERNANCE.md
 ├── LICENSE
 ├── MAINTAINERS.md

From 132f82ae8c62b6fa8e3931375d5010838399034f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jonathan D.A. Jewell" <6759885+hyperpolymath@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:07:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(docs): resolve the {{MAIN_BRANCH}} template token in
 the contributing guide

The guide is instantiated from the estate template, whose own copy legitimately holds
`{{MAIN_BRANCH}}`. Here it was never substituted, so the reader is told to check whether
a bug "is already fixed in `{{MAIN_BRANCH}}`". Resolved to this repository's default
branch. One token, no other change.
---
 .github/CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ffa56af..863522f 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ponyiser/
 
 **Before reporting**:
 1. Search existing issues
-2. Check if it's already fixed in `{{MAIN_BRANCH}}`
+2. Check if it's already fixed in `main`
 3. Determine which perimeter the bug affects
 
 **When reporting**: