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name: nvidia-nemo-rl-contributing description: Contribution conventions for NeMo-RL. Covers PR title format, commit sign-off, and CI triggering. license: Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0 metadata: when_to_use: Opening a PR; writing a commit message; triggering CI; 'PR title format', 'sign-off', 'conventional commits', 'how do I trigger CI', during code review of PR process. author: NVIDIA

Contributing Conventions

PR Title Format

PR titles must follow the Conventional Commits spec. This is enforced by the semantic-pull-request CI check.

<type>[optional scope]: <description>

Allowed types:

Type	When to use
feat	New feature
fix	Bug fix
ci	CI/CD changes
docs	Documentation only
refactor	Code restructuring without behaviour change
test	Adding or fixing tests
chore	Maintenance (deps, configs, tooling)
perf	Performance improvement
build	Build system changes
revert	Reverts a previous commit

Do:

ci: retry apt-get installs to handle mirror sync failures
feat(grpo): add dataclass config defaults infrastructure
fix: preserve RAY_EXPERIMENTAL_NOSET_CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES

Don't:

[ci] fix: retry apt-get installs   ← area tags are not part of this convention
Update stuff
Fix bug

Commit Sign-off

All commits must be signed off with -s:

git commit -s -m "fix: correct reward normalization"

CI Triggering

After pushing, trigger CI with:

/ok to test <full-commit-sha>

Use git rev-parse HEAD (not the short form) to get the full SHA.