The repo has no issue-tracking history yet — a grep across all 122 prior
PRs found zero `Closes #N` references — so this is forward-looking rather
than derived from precedent. Establishing it now means the first PR that
does close an issue has a rule to follow instead of inventing one.
- Placement is a trailing line at the end of `## Summary`, not the bottom
of the body, because `## Manual Verification` is always last.
- `Fixes`/`Resolves` noted as equivalent; `Refs #N` for a related issue
that should stay open.
- Guidance calls out that the keyword must be repeated per issue, since a
bare `#43` after a comma links without closing.
- Lives in the template's HTML comments, so a PR with no associated issue
leaves no stray `Closes #` behind.
Also drops an unverified claim that the GitHub mirror pre-loads the
template; PRs are opened on Gitea, and the mirror is push-only.
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