From 8c6a48f1bee25021c553c08e601283175f87f2ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akanksha Trehun <akankshatrehun@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:57:25 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] chore: add contributing guidance, a PR template, and
 Dependabot

---
 .github/dependabot.yml           | 10 +++++++
 .github/pull_request_template.md |  9 ++++++
 CONTRIBUTING.md                  | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/dependabot.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/pull_request_template.md
 create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTING.md

diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
+  - package-ecosystem: gomod
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly
diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
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+<!-- Title: type(scope): summary, for example "feat: add rc doctor". See CONTRIBUTING.md. -->
+
+## What and why
+
+## How it was tested
+
+- [ ] `go vet ./...` and `go test ./...` pass
+- [ ] The README or CONTRACT.md is updated if behavior changed
+- [ ] A breaking change is marked with `!` in the title and described above
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+# Contributing
+
+## Pull request titles
+
+Pull requests are squash-merged, so the PR title becomes the commit message on `main` and decides
+whether a release is published. Titles follow [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/):
+
+```
+type(scope): summary
+```
+
+The scope is optional, and a CI check rejects titles that do not match.
+
+| Type | Use it for | Release |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `feat` | A new capability | minor |
+| `fix`, `perf`, `revert` | A bug fix, speedup, or revert | patch |
+| `docs`, `refactor`, `test`, `build`, `ci`, `style`, `chore` | Anything else | none |
+
+Add `!` after the type or scope for a breaking change and describe what breaks in the PR body. It
+releases a new major version.
+
+## Releases
+
+Merging a `feat`, `fix`, `perf`, `revert`, or breaking change to `main` tags `vX.Y.Z` and publishes a
+GitHub release with archives, `checksums.txt`, build provenance, and Homebrew formulas. The version is
+chosen from the commit messages since the last tag, and the first release is 0.1.0.
+
+## Local checks
+
+```
+gofmt -l .
+go vet ./...
+go test ./...
+GOOS=windows go vet ./...
+```
+
+## Profilers
+
+What a profiler must do is in [CONTRACT.md](CONTRACT.md). `CoreSchema` in `profile.go` is the core
+schema version this release targets; change it together with the profilers' supported versions.
+
+## Maintainer setup
+
+- Merge with "Squash and merge", using the PR title as the commit message.
+- Require the `title` and `verify` checks on `main`.
+- Copy `rc.rb` and `rc-profiler-go.rb` from each release into `runtimeconditions/homebrew-tools`.