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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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• Documentation
  • Added contribution guidance stating that commits reaching the default branch must be signed; unsigned pushes are rejected.
  • Clarified signing requirements for people and interactive agents, and the use of API-based commits for apps, bots and workflows.
  • Documented that unsigned commits on pull request branches block merging, and that affected branches should be recreated using signed cherry-picks.
  • Noted that squash merging is required and rebase merging is disabled.

Walkthrough

CONTRIBUTING.adoc now documents commit-signing requirements, how unsigned commits affect merging, and the required squash-merge method.

Changes

Contribution signing and merging

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Signing and merging requirements CONTRIBUTING.adoc	The guide specifies signing requirements for people, interactive agents, apps, bots and workflows. It states that unsigned commits block merging, requires squash merges, and notes that rebase-merge is disabled.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b43d8

The cherry-pick recovery example cannot be run as shown because it omits the commit to replay. This is a localized documentation correction; the current repository enforcement settings could not be verified.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to b43d8

The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: CONTRIBUTING.adoc

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

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in CONTRIBUTING.adoc: Adds commit-signing and merge guidance: people and interactive agents must use a GitHub-registered SSH signing key and verified committer email; apps, bots and workflows must write commits through the API rather than push local commits. PRs must be squash-merged because the ruleset checks every branch commit; unsigned commits block merging, and rebase-merge is disabled.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the documentation change: adding a Signed commits section to CONTRIBUTING.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the signing guidance, policy basis, affected workflows, and docs-only scope. It is directly related to the changeset.
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…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Review comments at @CONTRIBUTING.adoc:
- Line 125: Update the cherry-pick guidance in the contributor instructions to
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Include the commit to cherry-pick.

Git requires one or more commit arguments, so this example is incomplete as written. Show git cherry-pick -S <commit> and state that each unsigned commit must be replayed. (git-scm.com)

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Review comment at @CONTRIBUTING.adoc at line 125:
Update the cherry-pick guidance in the contributor instructions to show that
`git cherry-pick -S` requires a commit argument, using the `<commit>`
placeholder, and state that each unsigned commit must be replayed on the branch
before opening a new PR.

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