Land a contribution fairly: credit preserved, the maintainer's changes legible, accepted on the record. Goal A contribution is a gift with a permanent carrying cost, and a review either honors both or fails one. walks whoever reviews — any collaborator or maintainer, not just the author — through accepting a pull request the way this suite does: judged against the thesis, landed with the author's authorship intact, the maintainer's own edits kept as separate commits, and closed with an approval and a credit rather than a silent rejection. Workflow 1. Gate before landing. An additive contribut…