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Expand Up @@ -213,6 +213,30 @@ should do to help ensure that your pull request is accepted.
the other hand, fixes for typos and grammar errors in documents and
docstrings are welcome.

#. **Follow best practices when creating the PR title and description.** The
pull requests title and description play a pivotal role in code review and
issue resolution. It is the initial point of contact in a code review, and
allows the code reviewer to quickly assess the issue. The suggested formatting
of the title and description is
**[type(optional) title: description (issue number)]** where type is the label
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I don't understand this, where is the gh-XXXXX, and what is type?

An example title:

GH-132732: Use pure op machinery to optimize various instructions with _POP_TOP and _POP_TWO

associated with the issue being resolved. Based on `Best practices for
writing good pull request titles`_, a pull request title should be descriptive but
to the point. It should establish a clear yet brief summary, so to allow the code
reviewer to quickly assess the pull request.
The description should explain what was changed in the pull request, why it exists,
and explain the process of what was done in the pull request.
Here is an example of a poor and revised pull request description:
**Poor Pull Request:** "update code" **Revised Pull Request:**
"feat: add search functionality to user dashboard(closes #111)"

For more examples on writing a good pull request title, please take a look at
`Best practices for
writing good pull request titles`_

To read more on creating a descriptive pull request description, please review
`Anatomy of a perfect pull request`_


#. **Be aware of backwards-compatibility considerations.** While the core
developer who eventually handles your pull request will make the final call on
whether something is acceptable, thinking about backwards-compatibility early
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.. _issue tracker: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues
.. _Core Development Discourse category: https://discuss.python.org/c/core-dev/23
.. _Release Status: https://buildbot.python.org/all/#/release_status
.. _Best practices for writing good pull request titles: https://graphite.dev/guides/best-pr-title-guidelines
.. _Anatomy of a perfect pull request: https://opensource.com/article/18/6/anatomy-perfect-pull-request
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