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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 contributor guidance requiring signed commits and verified committer emails for changes reaching the default branch.
    • Documented the required merge approach and steps for resolving unsigned commits that block a pull request.

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The contribution guide adds signed-commit requirements for commits reaching the default branch. It describes signing methods for people and automated contributors, and explains branch and merge requirements.

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Signed-Commit Policy

Layer / File(s) Summary
Signing and merge instructions
.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
The guide requires registered SSH signing keys and verified committer email for people and interactive agents. Apps, bots and workflows must use API-based commits or the signed-push action. Pull requests must use squash merges, and unsigned branch commits block merging.

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Align the repository setting with the documented signed-commit merge policy before merging.

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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 signed-commit policy and workflow instructions, distinguishing SSH signing for people and interactive agents from API-based commits for apps, bots and workflows. Requires squash merges because the ruleset checks every PR-branch commit, and states that unsigned commits block merging and rebase-merge is disabled.
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Description check ✅ Passed The description accurately describes the documentation change and its signed-commit policy context.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the addition of a Signed commits section to CONTRIBUTING.
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Comment thread .github/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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git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=5 ba373a8b1d3309c561f7ff30e0197b21cc8bb185 6e6f813ac83927ca64dceb86d1739b4300bec1d0 -- .github/CONTRIBUTING.md .github/settings.yml
sed -n '40,65p' .github/settings.yml
rg -n 'allow_rebase_merge|settings\.yml|Probot|rebase.merge|Require-Signed-Commits' .github README.md docs 2>/dev/null

Repository: hyperpolymath/echidna

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printf '%s\n' '--- policy/configuration references ---'
rg -n -i --glob '!*.lock' --glob '!vendor/**' 'allow_rebase_merge|rebase[- ]merge|rebase_and_merge|merge[- ]queue|ruleset|signed[- ]commit|signed[- ]push|settings\.yml|probot' .github README.md docs 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1,240p'

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Disable rebase-and-merge in the repository settings.

.github/settings.yml is the active probot/settings source and sets allow_rebase_merge: true. This contradicts the guidance that rebase-and-merge is disabled. Set the value to false.

Proposed settings change
-  allow_rebase_merge: true
+  allow_rebase_merge: false
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Review comment at @.github/CONTRIBUTING.md at line 105:
Update the allow_rebase_merge setting in the active Probot settings
configuration to false so repository settings match the guidance that
rebase-and-merge is disabled.

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