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@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
 - Before committing `go.mod` changes, run `make tidy`
 - Before committing new `.go` files, add the current year into the copyright header
 - Before committing any files, remove all trailing whitespace from source code lines
+- Never force-push to pull request branches
+- Always start issue and pull request comments with an authorship attribution