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Update CONTRIBUTING guidelines for DCO
The CLA process has been replaced with a DCO, this commit updates the CONTRIBUTING guidelines accordingly. See https://spring.io/blog/2025/01/06/hello-dco-goodbye-cla-simplifying-contributions-to-spring
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#### Submit a Pull Request
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1. If you have not previously done so, please sign the
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[Contributor License Agreement](https://cla.spring.io/sign/spring). You will be reminded
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automatically when you submit the PR.
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1. Should you create an issue first? No, just create the pull request and use the
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description to provide context and motivation, as you would for an issue. If you want
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to start a discussion first or have already created an issue, once a pull request is
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[Rewriting History section of Pro Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History)
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for an overview of streamlining the commit history.
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1. All commits must include a _Signed-off-by_ trailer at the end of each commit message
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to indicate that the contributor agrees to the Developer Certificate of Origin.
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For additional details, please refer to the blog post
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[Hello DCO, Goodbye CLA: Simplifying Contributions to Spring](https://spring.io/blog/2025/01/06/hello-dco-goodbye-cla-simplifying-contributions-to-spring).
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1. Format commit messages using 55 characters for the subject line, 72 characters per line
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for the description, followed by the issue fixed, for example, `Closes gh-22276`. See the
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[Commit Guidelines section of Pro Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project#Commit-Guidelines)

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