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@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Other tips for keeping the repo tidy and making sure we don't duplicate efforts:
     - Closes #123
     ```
 - If the software is already reported in an open issue and as an open PR leave a comment in the PR with the new or updated evidence(s).
+- When submitting a PR, make sure you're comfortable with the description of the PR being what gets committed. We use the PR description when squashing all commits before merging. We default to sqaushing and merging, so that if the repo has only one commit per PR.
 
 > [!note]
 > Don't know how to create a PR? You can learn more about that in the [Codeberg Pull Requests and Git Flow docs](https://docs.codeberg.org/collaborating/pull-requests-and-git-flow/) 🩵