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Add info on how to verify/sign commits on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the linked GitHub documentation on commit signature verification, then find the contributor guidance in the devguide where commit practices are described. Done means the guide advises contributors to sign and verify commits and explains that this helps confirm ownership of the commit email address.

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Description

topic-git topic-github type-feature

GitHub documentation about verified commits: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/about-commit-signature-verification

We should advise contributors to sign and verify their commits. This way, we can be sure that they actually own the email address they use in their commits.

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Python
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