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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 contribution guidance on signing commits, using supported signing methods for automated contributions, and merge requirements.

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The contributing guide adds signed-commit requirements, instructions for different commit workflows, and pull request merge restrictions.

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Signed commit guidance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Signing and merge rules
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
The guide requires signed commits, describes signing methods for people and automated workflows, and states that unsigned commits block merging. It also specifies squash merges and that rebase-merge is disabled.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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The signing guidance is displayed as code rather than formatted instructions, which may make it harder to follow. Close the fence before merging.

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

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  • observed — Modified behavior in .github/CONTRIBUTING.md: Added guidance requiring signed commits on the default branch, describing SSH signing requirements for people and interactive agents, API-based commits for apps, bots and workflows, and squash merges; unsigned PR-branch commits block merging, and rebase-merge is disabled.
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Description check ⚠️ Warning The description clearly explains the change, rationale, signing policy, and testing method. It does not follow the repository template because it omits the required Summary, Changes, RSR Quality Check… Rewrite the description using the repository template. Add the required headings, complete the RSR Quality Checklist, describe testing under Testing, and state that Screenshots are not applicable if none are available.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the documentation change 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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The description clearly explains the change, rationale, signing policy, and testing method. It does not follow the repository template because it omits the required Summary, Changes, RSR Quality Checklist, Testing, and Screenshots sections.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Close the commit-message code fence before this section.

The fence opened at Line 116 is not closed before ## Signed commits. Markdown renders the heading and following guidance as code instead of normal instructions. Add the closing fence here.

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 [optional footer]
 
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 ## Signed commits
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Review comment at @.github/CONTRIBUTING.md at line 122:
Close the unclosed Markdown code fence after the optional commit-message footer
and before the “Signed commits” section so the heading and following guidance
render as normal Markdown.

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review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

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