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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.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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  • Documentation
    • Updated contribution guidance with commit-signing requirements and instructions for people, automated tools and workflows.
    • Clarified that pull requests require squash merges and that unsigned commits on a branch prevent merging.

Walkthrough

The contribution guide adds instructions for signing commits that reach the default branch. It describes signing methods for people, interactive agents, apps, bots and workflows, and states the pull request merge requirements.

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Commit-signing guidance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Signing and merging instructions
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
The guide describes signing requirements, signing methods for different commit submitters, and squash-only pull request merges. It states that unsigned commits on a pull request branch block merging and that rebase-merge is disabled.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~4 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to dd910

Contributors may unnecessarily lose existing PR discussion when recovering from unsigned commits.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to dd910

The changed surface does not map to a changed system, dependency edge, entrypoint, or external dependency.

Changed systems: None identified.

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Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in .github/CONTRIBUTING.md: Added commit-signing instructions covering the default-branch requirement, SSH signing setup and verified committer email for people and interactive agents, API-based signed commits for apps, bots and workflows, and squash-only PR merging. The text states that unsigned commits anywhere on the PR branch block merging and that rebase-merge is disabled.
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Description check ⚠️ Warning The description explains the purpose and key changes, but it does not follow the repository template. It omits the required RSR Quality Checklist and dedicated Testing section, and it does not provide… Add the template sections for Summary, Changes, RSR Quality Checklist, Testing, and Screenshots where applicable. Complete each required checklist item and state the exact testing performed, or explain why a check does not apply.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding a Signed commits section to CONTRIBUTING.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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- Line 137: Update the contributing guidance to instruct contributors to update
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Comment thread .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
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.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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git diff --unified=20 8f463d7d4dcd3d541169280b80d42c9db750361e dd9100d0005786f8d9d166d12924c6f4d37ac2c9 -- .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
printf '\n--- reviewed head ---\n'
sed -n '95,150p' .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
printf '\n--- signing/policy references ---\n'
rg -n -i 'signed commit|signing|signed-push|squash|rebase|protected|ruleset' .github docs CONTRIBUTING.md 2>/dev/null || true

Repository: hyperpolymath/eclexiaiser

Length of output: 6238


Update the existing PR after signing its commits.

A rewritten PR head with signed commits satisfies the requirement that every commit on the PR branch is signed. Nothing in the repository guidance requires a replacement PR. Update the existing PR instead of opening a new one.

Suggested wording change
- branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`) and open a new PR.
+ branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`) and update the existing PR.
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Carefully review the code before committing. Ensure that it accurately replaces the highlighted code, contains no missing lines, and has no issues with indentation. Thoroughly test & benchmark the code to ensure it meets the requirements.

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branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`) and open a new PR.
branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`) and update the existing PR.
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Review comment at @.github/CONTRIBUTING.md at line 137:
Update the contributing guidance to instruct contributors to update the existing
PR after rewriting its branch with signed commits, rather than opening a new PR.
Preserve the existing signed-commit requirement and cherry-pick guidance.

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