Freenet Pull Request Quality Standards

Core Philosophy

Our goal is high-quality code that won't require future fixes. Don't cut corners, be a perfectionist, don't increase tech debt. A quick fix that causes problems later wastes more time than doing it right the first time.

Before Creating the PR

Claim the Issue

If your PR fixes a GitHub issue, verify the issue is unassigned before starting work. If someone else is already assigned, check with them or the user before proceeding — don't duplicate effort. If the issue is unassigned, assign it to yourself immediately so others know it's being worked on:

gh issue edit <ISSUE> --repo freenet/<REPO> --add-assignee @me

Sync with Latest Main from GitHub

CRITICAL: Always ensure you're working from the latest main branch from GitHub, not a stale local copy: