contributing

name	contributing
description	Contribution conventions for NeMo-RL. Covers PR title format, commit sign-off, and CI triggering.
when_to_use	Opening a PR; writing a commit message; triggering CI; 'PR title format', 'sign-off', 'conventional commits', 'how do I trigger CI', during code review of PR process.

Contributing Conventions

PR Title Format

PR titles must follow the Conventional Commits spec. This is enforced by the semantic-pull-request CI check.

<type>[optional scope]: <description>

Allowed types:

Type	When to use
feat	New feature
fix	Bug fix
ci	CI/CD changes
docs	Documentation only
refactor	Code restructuring without behaviour change
test	Adding or fixing tests
chore	Maintenance (deps, configs, tooling)
perf	Performance improvement
build	Build system changes
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