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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 for the default branch, including how contributors and automated workflows should submit signed changes.
    • Clarified that pull requests should be squash-merged and how to address unsigned commits.

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The contributor guide now explains commit signing requirements, approved submission methods, squash merging, PR branch checks and how to replace unsigned commits.

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Signed commit guidance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Commit signing and submission instructions
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
Adds signing requirements for people and interactive agents, and submission instructions for apps, bots and workflows. It also describes squash merging, checks on all PR-branch commits and how to recreate a branch with signed cherry-picks.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f7e6e

Contributors who re-sign an existing branch face unnecessary PR and review overhead. This is bounded documentation friction; the change is otherwise low risk.

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Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to f7e6e

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

Changed systems: None identified.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in .github/CONTRIBUTING.md: Adds guidance on signed commits, distinguishing signing and submission requirements for people and interactive agents versus apps, bots and workflows. It specifies squash merging, notes that all PR-branch commits are checked, and describes how to replace an unsigned branch; rebase-merge is stated to be disabled.
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Description check ⚠️ Warning The description explains the purpose and key documentation changes, but it does not follow the required template. It omits the RSR Quality Checklist and the explicit Testing and Screenshots sections. Use the repository template. Add a Changes section, complete every Required checklist item, mark applicable items, and add Testing and Screenshots sections. State when a section is not applicable.
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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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123-136: LGTM!

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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

Keep the existing PR when re-signing its branch.

GitHub’s documented recovery is to rewrite and sign the unsigned commits on the PR’s head branch. Requiring a new PR adds unnecessary review work. Tell contributors to update the existing PR after rewriting the branch. (docs.github.com)

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Review comment at @.github/CONTRIBUTING.md at line 137:
Update the signed-commit recovery guidance to have contributors rewrite and sign
the unsigned commits on the existing PR’s head branch, then push the updated
branch and continue with the existing PR. Remove the instruction to open a new
PR.

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