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rootiest 1dc86b9ff0 docs(contributing): document the WIP: title prefix for in-progress PRs
Gitea treats a `WIP:` title prefix as a draft marker and refuses to merge
while it's present. Verified empirically against this instance by
temporarily retitling PR #123: the API flipped `draft` to true and
`mergeable` to false, and both reverted when the prefix was removed.

The distinction from the verification merge gate is the point, so it's
stated explicitly in both files: `WIP:` means more code changes are
coming, NOT "finished but unverified". A complete branch with unticked
`## Verification` boxes is an ordinary PR — that case is already covered
by the merge gate and does not want the prefix. The two signals are
independent and can occur in any combination.

Documented as a merge rule under Branching & Pull Requests, next to the
verification gate, and in the template's title guidance where an author
picking a title will actually encounter it.
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PR title: Conventional Commits — type(scope): description
e.g. fix(mv): bring header and completions up to repo conventions
Lowercase after the colon, imperative mood, no trailing period.
Append `!` after the scope for a breaking change: feat(logging)!: ...
Types in use: feat, fix, docs, test, chore, perf, refactor, style.
See CONTRIBUTING.md § Commit Conventions.
Still writing code? Prefix the title with `WIP:` —
WIP: feat(media): add play-media fzf picker
Gitea recognizes the prefix, marks the PR a draft, and blocks merging
until you remove it. The prefix goes before the whole conventional
subject, and comes off when the branch is complete.
`WIP:` means MORE CHANGES ARE COMING. It is not for a finished branch
waiting on verification — that is what an unchecked box in Verification
already signals. A complete branch with open checkboxes is a normal PR,
not a WIP.
Keep the two headings below, in this order, and delete these comments.
Optional sections may be added between them (see the note above
"Verification").
-->
## Summary
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What changed and why. A short prose paragraph, 2-5 bullets, or a
paragraph followed by bullets — whichever fits the change.
- Name concrete paths and identifiers in backticks (`functions/mv.fish`,
`$__fish_config_op_autoexec`), not vague descriptions.
- Lead a bullet with a **bold phrase** when it covers a distinct file or
behavior, so the list scans at a glance.
- Explain the reasoning, not just the diff — a reader should understand
why this approach over the obvious alternative.
- Say so explicitly when there is no behavioral change, when a file is
generated by the docs pipeline, or when the change is scoped to the
site build only.
If this PR resolves a tracked issue, close it with a trailing line at the
end of this section — not at the very bottom, since Verification is
always last:
Closes #42
Gitea and GitHub both auto-close the issue on merge. `Fixes #N` and
`Resolves #N` work identically; pick whichever reads correctly. Use one
line per issue (`Closes #42, closes #43` — the keyword must be repeated,
a bare `#43` after a comma is only a link and will NOT close). For an
issue that is related but should stay open, reference it without a
keyword: `Refs #42`. Omit all of this entirely when no issue is involved
— do not leave an empty `Closes #` behind.
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OPTIONAL SECTIONS — add any `##` heading here that the change actually
needs, and skip them entirely for a straightforward one. Used in this
repo, roughly in order of frequency:
## Root cause — for a bug fix, what was actually wrong
## Why — motivation, when it isn't obvious
## How it works — mechanism, for a non-trivial new feature
## Behavior — user-visible behavior before/after
## Changes — a longer breakdown than Summary can carry
## Docs — documentation touched by this change
## Notes — caveats, follow-ups, deferred work
## Scope note — what this deliberately does NOT cover
## Opinionated guard (C1-C6)
— which tier gates this, and behavior when off
## ⚠️ Breaking Change — required whenever the title carries `!`;
state the break and the migration path
A "Why not <alternative>?" heading is also common when a reviewer would
reasonably ask why the obvious approach was rejected.
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## Verification
<!--
Every check this change needs, as a checkbox list. Always the last
section.
A CHECKED box means verified — either it ran programmatically (test
suite, linter, docs verifier, CI) or the author performed it by hand and
confirmed the result. Check these off before opening the PR.
An UNCHECKED box is an outstanding manual check the reviewer still has to
perform. Leave anything you could not verify yourself unchecked rather
than dropping it, so it stays visible.
**This list is the merge gate: the PR does not merge until every box is
checked.** So only put things here that can actually be resolved — a
check nobody is able to run blocks the PR forever. Genuinely unverifiable
caveats, assumptions, and known limitations belong in a `## Notes`
section instead, where they inform the review without gating it.
- One check per line, imperative, with the exact command in backticks
and the expected result stated.
- Cover the regression path, not just the happy path: the old behavior
still working, the opinionated toggle disabled, the error branch.
- Include the repo's standing gates when the change touches what they
guard: `fish -n <file>`, `fish_indent`, `python3 docs/verify-manual.py`,
`python3 docs/build-manual.py --site`, `fish tests/run-tests.fish`.
- Reset any universal variable you set during a check.
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