From 0055ca2b365b95168ae1f87087d9662d7ad731c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Karns <jason@testdouble.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:37:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Create CONTRIBUTING.md

---
 docs/CONTRIBUTING.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/CONTRIBUTING.md

diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a414fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<!--
+
+placeholder scaffolding for a base CONTRIBUTING file.
+The contents of this file should be fairly generic as they will apply (by default) to all testdouble repos that don't have their own CONTRIBUTING file.
+
+Probably some generic verbiage around accepting PRs;
+whether we have an AI policy;
+preference for tests and desire for simplicity, proof of value (does the value provided outweigh any additional complexity, etc)
+
+-->

From 810b60571fa279134c0f3bbbbf8b70a76568749a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Karns <jason@testdouble.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:40:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update CONTRIBUTING.md

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 docs/CONTRIBUTING.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7a414fa..295b74b 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -7,4 +7,9 @@ Probably some generic verbiage around accepting PRs;
 whether we have an AI policy;
 preference for tests and desire for simplicity, proof of value (does the value provided outweigh any additional complexity, etc)
 
+
+It is useful for this document to serve two audiences:
+1) external contributors (who may or may not be first time contributors)
+2) but also as "internal" documentation for the maintainers (ie how to trigger/publish releases, etc)
+
 -->

From 715d80bcea67b8bcf5cf5e345878d400257b0b0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Karns <jason.karns@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:13:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Iterate on contributing document

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 docs/CONTRIBUTING.md | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 295b74b..03f17a3 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 <!--
+This is a default contributing guide that applies to the entire testdouble organization.
+It may be overridden by a repo-specific contributing guide.
+https://docs.github.com/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/creating-a-default-community-health-file
+-->
+
+# Contributing
 
-placeholder scaffolding for a base CONTRIBUTING file.
+<!--
+TODO:
+
+fill out some generic contributing guidelines.
 The contents of this file should be fairly generic as they will apply (by default) to all testdouble repos that don't have their own CONTRIBUTING file.
 
 Probably some generic verbiage around accepting PRs;
 whether we have an AI policy;
 preference for tests and desire for simplicity, proof of value (does the value provided outweigh any additional complexity, etc)
 
-
 It is useful for this document to serve two audiences:
 1) external contributors (who may or may not be first time contributors)
 2) but also as "internal" documentation for the maintainers (ie how to trigger/publish releases, etc)
 
+I would propose that we have our testdouble recommendations for publishing/releasing to be documented here (fairly generically; again, this will be the default contributing doc for any testdouble repo that doesn't have its own.)
 -->