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Harvest one community PR into a release branch with authorship and credit preserved, verified green, and a warm thank-you.

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gh-credit-harvest

Harvest exactly one community PR into the real landing branch with full authorship and machine-readable credit, verified green, then thank the contributor. A PR is evidence: judge it from code, tests, comments, and checks, never the title. Do not merge, close, tag, or publish without Hunter's approval — this skill lands a credited commit and posts thanks; the workflow closes the PR.

When to use

  • You have approval to land ONE specific community PR into a release branch.
  • The PR is not yet on the landing branch (if it is, close-with-credit instead — see gh-close-issues).
  • The landing branch may be local-only (e.g. <release-branch>); a main-based "mergeable" flag does not prove it lands cleanly.

Workflow

  1. Find the real landing branch (the one Hunter named, not always main) and fetch the PR head: 
    git switch <release-branch>
git fetch origin pull/<N>/head
git log -1 --format='%H %an <%ae>' FETCH_HEAD   # author to preserve
  2. Review from evidence, not the title. Read the diff, tests, linked issue, comments, and CI: 
    gh pr view <N> --repo Hmbown/CodeWhale --json title,author,files,statusCheckRollup
gh pr diff <N> --repo Hmbown/CodeWhale
  3. Test mergeability against the REAL landing branch (local-only branches lie via the main flag): 
    git merge-tree $(git merge-base HEAD FETCH_HEAD) HEAD FETCH_HEAD   # empty/clean = no conflict
  4. Land it, preferring cherry-pick — it preserves the original author automatically: 
    git cherry-pick <sha>            # one or more commits from FETCH_HEAD
  5. If it conflicts, spans noise, or needs squashing, re-apply the narrow slice and commit with explicit author + credit trailers. Resolve --author and the co-author from .github/AUTHOR_MAP (fall back to numeric noreply): 
    gh api users/<handle> --jq '"\(.id)+\(.login)@users.noreply.github.com"'
git commit --author="Name <ID+handle@users.noreply.github.com>" -m "fix(scope): what changed (#<N>)" \
  -m "Harvested from PR #<N> by @<handle>" \
  -m "Co-authored-by: Name <ID+handle@users.noreply.github.com>"
    The Harvested from PR #<N> by @<handle> line in the body is what .github/workflows/auto-close-harvested.yml matches to auto-close with credit once the commit reaches main.
  6. Format and run the focused tests for the touched crate — only land green: 
    cargo fmt --all
cargo test -p <crate>            # the crate(s) the PR touched, not the whole workspace
python3 scripts/check-coauthor-trailers.py --author-map .github/AUTHOR_MAP --range HEAD~1..HEAD --check-authors
  7. Post a brief, warm, specific thank-you on the PR — name what the change fixed, no drama. Leave the PR open; the workflow closes it with credit when the commit lands on main: 
    gh pr comment <N> --repo Hmbown/CodeWhale \
  --body "Thank you @<handle> — clean fix for <the specific bug>. Harvested into the v0.8.61 lane with your authorship preserved; it'll auto-close with credit once it reaches main."

Grounded example: PR #3221 by @hongchen1993 (honour DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL/DEEPSEEK_MODEL in exec) cherry-picks cleanly, so its author is preserved with no manual trailers; a focused cargo test -p on the touched crate is enough to land it green.

Red flags / don't

  • Don't judge or land from the title or labels alone — read code, tests, comments, and checks.
  • Don't trust the GitHub main-based mergeable flag for a local-only release branch; prove it with git merge-tree.
  • Don't squash away the original author. Cherry-pick when you can; only fall back to --author + trailers when you must.
  • Don't invent co-author emails. Use .github/AUTHOR_MAP, then numeric noreply; never raw third-party, .local, placeholder, or bot emails.
  • Don't omit the Harvested from PR #<N> by @<handle> body line — without it the PR won't auto-close with credit.
  • Don't land red, harvest more than one PR per commit, or batch unrelated changes into the harvest.
  • Don't merge, close, tag, publish, or push release artifacts without Hunter's approval. Keep the comment positive and crediting.
  • Already on the landing branch? Don't re-harvest — close-with-credit via gh-close-issues.