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Require a discussion (core design changes) or an issue before a PR is opened, and require every PR to link its issue. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe contribution guide now defines the discussion, issue, development, changeset, and pull request workflow. The README provides a shorter contribution entry point and links to ChangesContribution Guidelines
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The updated contribution entry point can incorrectly require contributors with an approved design discussion to also create and link an issue. Align the README wording with the documented discussion-or-issue workflow before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)
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| - [Discussion](https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec/discussions) for changes to OpenSpec's core design. | ||
| - [Issue](https://github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec/issues) for bugs and everything else. | ||
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| Every PR must link its issue (`Closes #123`). |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Make the issue-or-discussion rule consistent.
Lines 7-10 route core design changes to discussions, and Line 14 accepts a prior discussion instead of an issue. Line 12 currently requires an issue for every PR. This can force discussion-only design work into an unnecessary issue. Require a linked issue or prior discussion, and keep Closes #123`` as the example for issue-based changes.
Proposed wording
-Every PR must link its issue (`Closes `#123``).
+Every PR must link its tracking issue or prior discussion. For issue-based changes, use `Closes `#123``.📝 Committable suggestion
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Carefully review the code before committing. Ensure that it accurately replaces the highlighted code, contains no missing lines, and has no issues with indentation. Thoroughly test & benchmark the code to ensure it meets the requirements.
| Every PR must link its issue (`Closes #123`). | |
| Every PR must link its tracking issue or prior discussion. For issue-based changes, use `Closes #123`. |
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In `@CONTRIBUTING.md` at line 12, Update the PR contribution requirement so every
PR links either an issue or a prior discussion, while retaining “Closes `#123`” as
the example for issue-based changes and keeping the surrounding discussion
guidance consistent.
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The README's Contributing section said small fixes could go straight to a PR, which contradicts the new discussion/issue requirement. Point it at CONTRIBUTING.md and carry over the conventional-commit and AI-disclosure policies so nothing is lost. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@README.md`:
- Line 227: Update the contribution guidance sentence in README.md so
contributors link either the issue or the prior discussion from the PR, matching
the discussion path permitted by CONTRIBUTING.md while preserving the existing
requirement to open one before submitting core design changes.
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| ## Contributing | ||
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| **Small fixes** — Bug fixes, typo corrections, and minor improvements can be submitted directly as PRs. | ||
| Open a discussion (for core design changes) or an issue before you open a PR, and link the issue from the PR. |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Clarify the PR reference for the discussion path.
CONTRIBUTING.md allows a prior discussion to satisfy the contribution gate, but this sentence always requires a linked issue. Ask contributors to link the issue or prior discussion from the PR.
Proposed fix
-Open a discussion (for core design changes) or an issue before you open a PR, and link the issue from the PR.
+Open a discussion (for core design changes) or an issue before you open a PR, and link the issue or prior discussion from the PR.📝 Committable suggestion
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Carefully review the code before committing. Ensure that it accurately replaces the highlighted code, contains no missing lines, and has no issues with indentation. Thoroughly test & benchmark the code to ensure it meets the requirements.
| Open a discussion (for core design changes) or an issue before you open a PR, and link the issue from the PR. | |
| Open a discussion (for core design changes) or an issue before you open a PR, and link the issue or prior discussion from the PR. |
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In `@README.md` at line 227, Update the contribution guidance sentence in
README.md so contributors link either the issue or the prior discussion from the
PR, matching the discussion path permitted by CONTRIBUTING.md while preserving
the existing requirement to open one before submitting core design changes.
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Requesting changes on exact head 18d9e4bde18d:
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Preserve or resolve the OpenSpec-proposal rule. This removes the README guidance that larger changes need an OpenSpec change proposal, but the new guide never says when one is required. That recreates the exact process gap in #1727. Either define the threshold here, or keep the existing guidance until the already-acknowledged #1727 contribution is coordinated and lands.
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Make the discussion path internally consistent. Step 1 accepts a prior discussion, while step 3 requires
Closes #123, and the README says to link the issue. Say “issue or prior discussion” and reserveClosesfor issue-based changes, or explicitly require an issue after the discussion. -
Make the advertised local setup match the repository. CI runs
pnpm exec tsc --noEmit, which is omitted, and the README pointer calls this the full local development setup after removingpnpm run dev/pnpm run dev:cli. Add those commands or narrow the claim.
The short canonical guide and README pointer are the right shape; these process contradictions need to be resolved before merge.
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Status: LGTM.
What was missing: The repo has no
CONTRIBUTING.md, so contributors can't find the process. A user asked today. Separately, we now require a discussion or an issue before a PR is opened, and that rule had no written home.What it does:
CONTRIBUTING.mdin three steps: open a discussion (core design) or an issue first, make the change, open the PR withCloses #123. GitHub surfaces this file automatically in the issue and PR flow.CONTRIBUTING.mdso nothing is lost.Proof it works: Docs-only, no code paths touched. The build/test/lint commands match what CI actually runs (
.github/workflows/ci.yml: install → build → test, and build → tsc → lint).Notes: Deliberately minimal, ~30 lines. No style guide or review checklist; those can come later. This PR predates the rule, so it has no linked issue.
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