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doc: expand on squashing and rebasing to land a PR #48751

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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions doc/contributing/collaborator-guide.md
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Expand Up @@ -540,6 +540,12 @@ For pull requests from first-time contributors, be
[welcoming](#welcoming-first-time-contributors). Also, verify that their git
settings are to their liking.

If the pull request contains more than one commits, it can be landed with
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squashing into one commit or rebasing all the commits. Generally, a
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collaborator should land the pull request with squashing. If the pull request
has more than one self-contained subsystem commits, a collaborator may land it
with rebasing.

All commits should be self-contained, meaning every commit should pass all
tests. This makes it much easier when bisecting to find a breaking change.

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