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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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  • Documentation
    • Added guidance on commit-signing requirements, supported signing methods, and handling pull requests that contain unsigned commits.

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CONTRIBUTING.md now explains commit-signing requirements for commits reaching the default branch. It distinguishes SSH signing from API-based commit creation and describes squash merging and how to replace a branch containing unsigned commits.

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Signed commit guidance

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Commit signing and merge instructions
CONTRIBUTING.md
Added guidance on signing commits, API-based commits for apps, bots and workflows, squash merges, replacing branches with unsigned commits, and disabled rebase merging.

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This documentation-only change is mergeable with a small correction: align the rebase-merge statement with the enabled repository settings so contributors receive accurate guidance.

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The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: CONTRIBUTING.md

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  • observed — CONTRIBUTING.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in CONTRIBUTING.md: Added guidance requiring signed commits on the default branch, distinguishing SSH signing for people and interactive agents from API-based commits for apps, bots and workflows, and directing PRs to use squash merges. It also describes replacing a branch with unsigned commits and states that rebase-merge is disabled.
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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

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git diff --name-status c4b7d102756aca44f0cb67289133cc326268fa22 a972aaa1798f50e335427e519f984f790d56f77a
printf '%s\n' '--- CONTRIBUTING.md excerpt at head ---'
git show a972aaa1798f50e335427e519f984f790d56f77a:CONTRIBUTING.md | nl -ba | sed -n '68,94p'
printf '%s\n' '--- settings files ---'
git ls-tree -r --name-only a972aaa1798f50e335427e519f984f790d56f77a | rg '(^|/)(settings|rulesets?)([^/]*|/.*)$|\.github/' || true
printf '%s\n' '--- settings content ---'
if git cat-file -e a972aaa1798f50e335427e519f984f790d56f77a:.github/settings.yml 2>/dev/null; then
  git show a972aaa1798f50e335427e519f984f790d56f77a:.github/settings.yml | nl -ba
else
  printf '%s\n' 'No .github/settings.yml at reviewed head'
fi
printf '%s\n' '--- repository ruleset-like files and merge settings ---'
git grep -n -i -E 'allow_rebase_merge|rebase[- ]merge|ruleset|merge method' a972aaa1798f50e335427e519f984f790d56f77a -- .github CONTRIBUTING.md README.md 2>/dev/null || true

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do
  printf '%s\n' "--- $endpoint ---"
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    -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
    -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28' \
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  curl -L --silent --show-error --max-time 20 \
    -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
    -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28' \
    -w '\nHTTP_STATUS:%{http_code}\n' \
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Align the rebase-merge statement with the active settings.

.github/settings.yml enables rebase merging, and the active ruleset permits it. Replace the inaccurate statement:

Suggested documentation fix
-  Rebase-merge replays commits unsigned and is disabled.
+  Use squash merging. Rebase merging is enabled in the repository settings.
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Rebase-merge replays commits unsigned and is disabled.
Use squash merging. Rebase merging is enabled in the repository settings.
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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Review comment at @CONTRIBUTING.md at line 86:
Update the rebase-merge statement in the contribution guidance to reflect that
rebase merging is enabled in the repository settings, replacing the inaccurate
claim that it is disabled; retain the squash-merging guidance.

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

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