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CONTRIBUTING.md conflicts with collaborator-only PR restriction

Open Beginner friendly
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bug topic: docs
Dominant language
Go
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Forks
70
Avg merge
1d 8h
Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

`CONTRIBUTING.md` instructs contributors to fork the repository, push a branch, and submit a pull request, but a fork owned by a non-collaborator cannot open a pull request because the repository UI says “Only collaborators can create PRs” and `gh pr create` fails with a CreatePullRequest permission error; consequently, the documented contribution flow cannot be completed by a non-collaborator.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Open CONTRIBUTING.md and review the fork, branch, and pull request instructions against the collaborator restriction and the reported `gh pr create` permission error. Update the documented contribution flow so non-collaborators can follow a valid process, then verify that the instructions no longer promise an unavailable action.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github
Domain
developer-experience, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
68/100

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