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Expand Up @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Prerequisites — the minimum versions and where to get them:

- `<tool` `2>` v\`\<version\>\` — `<install` `instruction>`.

- GPG signing key configured (estate policy — all commits must be
- SSH signing key configured (estate policy — all commits must be
signed). See
[standards/docs/secure-coding-training.md](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/secure-coding-training.md).

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ just fmt # auto-format
just lint # static checks
```

- All commits must be **GPG-signed** (CI enforces; see
- All commits must be **signed**, with SSH for people (CI enforces; see

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Align the duplicate contributor guide with the SSH signing policy.

docs/usage.adoc and docs/architecture.adoc link to docs/contributing.adoc. That guide still requires a GPG key and GPG-signed commits. .github/CONTRIBUTING.md now requires SSH signing for people. This conflict can direct contributors to configure the wrong signing method.

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-* GPG signing key configured (estate policy — all commits must be
+* SSH signing key configured (estate policy — all commits must be
   signed). See
@@
-* All commits must be **GPG-signed** (CI enforces; see
+* All commits must be **signed**, with SSH for people (CI enforces; see
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Review comment at @.github/CONTRIBUTING.md at line 58:
Update the duplicate contributor guide’s signing requirements to match the SSH
signing policy in .github/CONTRIBUTING.md: require an SSH signing key and state
that commits must be signed, with SSH for people, rather than requiring GPG.

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[standards](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards)).

- All source files must carry an **SPDX-License-Identifier** header (CI
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -107,3 +107,20 @@ When you make a non-obvious design decision, write it down:

- Estate-wide concerns (policy, conventions, CI): file at
`hyperpolymath/standards/issues`.

## Signed commits

Every commit that reaches the default branch must be signed; a ruleset refuses
unsigned pushes. Estate policy:
[SIGNING-POLICY](https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards/blob/main/docs/SIGNING-POLICY.adoc).

- **People and interactive agents** sign with an SSH key registered on GitHub
as a *signing* key (`gpg.format=ssh`, `user.signingkey=<key>.pub`,
`commit.gpgsign=true`). The committer email must be verified on that account.
- **Apps, bots and workflows** never `git push` local commits. They write
through the API (`createCommitOnBranch` or the estate `signed-push` action)
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.
Rebase-merge replays commits unsigned and is disabled.
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