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Owner ruling D218. See docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc in hyperpolymath/standards. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WRvDivYwLSeVCJUrfjic3f
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WalkthroughThe contribution guide adds commit-signing requirements for commits reaching the default branch. It specifies signing methods by contributor type, requires squash merges, and explains how to handle unsigned commits on a PR branch. ChangesCommit policy
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- Line 344: Update the guidance around `git cherry-pick -S` to tell contributors
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| 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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GitHub documentation rulesets require signed commits existing pull request unsigned commit replace sign commits update existing pull request branch
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**Yes—you can fix an existing pull request without closing it.** GitHub’s ruleset requires every commit in the relevant update range to have a verified signature; updating the branch still checks those commits. GitHub says to rebase the unsigned commit(s) with signatures and force-push the rewritten history. ([docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/managing-rulesets/available-rules-for-rulesets?ref=jscarle.dev&utm_source=openai))
After configuring commit signing, rewrite the PR branch’s unsigned commits as signed commits, then push that branch with `--force-with-lease`. The PR will reflect the updated branch; GitHub documents force-pushing rewritten history and notes that pushing changes to a PR branch updates the PR. ([docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com/articles/changing-a-commit-message?utm_source=openai))
**Don’t just click “Update branch”**: that isn’t a substitute for signing the unsigned commits already on the PR branch. Also, rewriting commits changes their SHAs, so coordinate first if others are working on that branch.
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- 1: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/managing-rulesets/available-rules-for-rulesets?ref=jscarle.dev&utm_source=openai
- 2: https://docs.github.com/articles/changing-a-commit-message?utm_source=openai
Update the existing PR branch instead of requiring a new PR.
When a PR contains unsigned commits, rewrite them with signatures and force-push the updated head branch. GitHub will re-evaluate the existing PR. Disabling rebase-merge does not require a new PR.
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- branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`) and open a new PR.
+ branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`) and force-push it to update
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| branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`) and open a new PR. | |
| branch with signed commits (`git cherry-pick -S`) and force-push it to update | |
| the existing PR. |
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Review comment at @.github/CONTRIBUTING.md at line 344:
Update the guidance around `git cherry-pick -S` to tell contributors to
force-push the signed commits to the existing PR branch, rather than opening a
new PR.
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review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr
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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.adocin hyperpolymath/standards.This repo's default branch is covered by the zero-bypass
Require-Signed-Commitsruleset, and rebase-merge is off. The section tells contributors what that requires: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
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