docs(standards): publish repository onboarding checklist by scttbnsn · Pull Request #6 · CodesWhat/.github

scttbnsn · 2026-08-13T13:38:38Z

Summary

sync the reviewed repository onboarding checklist from the standards dev branch to main
keep mandatory governance separate from language and artifact-specific CI
document live ruleset, branch-flow, and release verification

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feature PR docs(standards): add repository onboarding checklist #3
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diff against main contains only REPOSITORY_ONBOARDING.md
npx --yes markdownlint-cli2 REPOSITORY_ONBOARDING.md
actionlint .github/workflows/*.yml
python3 -m compileall -q .
parsed JSON and YAML configuration

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- Added a comprehensive repository onboarding checklist.
- Documented contributor and security metadata, dependency automation, local hooks, branch protection, CI requirements, artifact delivery controls, and release integrity checks.
- Added verification guidance covering pull requests and repository settings.

* docs(standards): add repository onboarding checklist * docs(standards): tighten onboarding verification

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Added REPOSITORY_ONBOARDING.md. The document defines repository classification, required metadata and security files, automation, branch protection, CI, artifact delivery, and completion verification requirements.

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Repository onboarding

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Repository foundation `REPOSITORY_ONBOARDING.md`	Defines repository classification, ownership, contributor guidance, security reporting, licensing, metadata, and README requirements.
Automation and branch protection `REPOSITORY_ONBOARDING.md`	Defines Renovate, CodeRabbit, Lefthook, dependency checks, review validation, and `main` branch ruleset requirements.
CI and artifact delivery `REPOSITORY_ONBOARDING.md`	Defines protected-branch CI controls, workflow security, validation coverage, release checks, artifact verification, provenance, and credential restrictions.
Completion verification `REPOSITORY_ONBOARDING.md`	Defines configuration, clean-checkout, hook, build, pull-request, required-check, merged-output, and live-settings verification.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9d159

The onboarding checklist still contains conflicting CI requirements, uses an unpinned remotely fetched Markdown tool, omits .yaml workflows from actionlint, and leaves security-reporting and README-absence cases undefined. These gaps could lead repositories to apply incomplete or unsafe onboarding checks, so merge should wait for clarification or explicit owner acceptance.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the publication of the repository onboarding checklist documented in the changeset.

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scttbnsn · 2026-08-13T15:17:10Z

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Inline comments:
In `@REPOSITORY_ONBOARDING.md`:
- Around line 71-72: Update the onboarding checklist item to explicitly require
adding or updating the root README.md, while retaining the requirements to
describe what the repository is, its current maturity, and how to run or consume
it.
- Around line 57-62: Update the onboarding checklist around the SECURITY.md and
private vulnerability reporting requirements so the repository must include a
private reporting link when GitHub supports the feature; otherwise, require
security@codeswhat.com or another documented private reporting channel. Keep the
existing security scope, supported versions, response expectations, and scanning
requirements unchanged.
- Around line 159-162: Revise the universal CI requirements statement in the
repository onboarding guidance so production builds, dependency review, workflow
validation, coverage enforcement, and CodeQL are required only when applicable
to the repository’s language, artifacts, workflows, or supported tooling. Align
the wording with the conditional checks in the following matrix, including
repositories without production builds or workflows.
- Around line 224-225: Update the workflow validation command in
REPOSITORY_ONBOARDING.md to discover and pass both .yml and .yaml GitHub Actions
workflow files to actionlint, while preserving the existing zizmor validation.
- Around line 221-223: Update the Markdown validation command in
REPOSITORY_ONBOARDING.md to invoke an explicitly version-pinned
markdownlint-cli2 release, while preserving the existing conditional
Markdown/Python validation guidance and any repository-declared stricter
commands.

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Reviewed the exact-head onboarding checklist changes and validation. Approved.

docs(standards): add repository onboarding checklist (#3)

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* docs(standards): add repository onboarding checklist * docs(standards): tighten onboarding verification

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scttbnsn deleted the dev/repository-standards branch August 13, 2026 15:32

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