docs: add Signed commits section to CONTRIBUTING

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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.

This is a docs-only change. The commit was created through createCommitOnBranch, so GitHub signs it.

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• Documentation
  • Added guidance requiring commits to the default branch to be signed, with instructions for signing commits and submitting unsigned work.
  • Clarified that pull requests must use squash merges; rebase merges are disabled.

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The contribution guide adds signed-commit requirements, signing guidance for different commit authors, and rules for merging pull requests with unsigned commits.

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Commit policy

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Signing and merge requirements .github/CONTRIBUTING.md	The guide requires signed commits, specifies signing methods for people and interactive agents versus apps, bots, and workflows, and requires squash merges. It also describes how to handle unsigned PR branches and states that rebase merging is disabled.

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Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to a9b68

Contributors with multiple SSH keys may need additional setup to produce verified commits, potentially delaying PR acceptance. Clarify the key-selection guidance 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: Adds guidance requiring signed commits on the default branch, specifying signing methods for people and interactive agents versus apps, bots and workflows, and requiring squash merges. It describes the unsigned-commit PR branch response and states that rebase-merge is disabled.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding a Signed commits section to CONTRIBUTING.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the documentation change and its signed-commit guidance. It is 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…
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Review comments at @.github/CONTRIBUTING.md:
- Line 37: Update the SSH signing setup in the committer instructions to
identify the signing key explicitly by adding the `user.signingkey` setting, or
direct readers to the linked policy’s complete setup. Keep the existing SSH
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