🧭 ForgeX Foundation – .github Documentation Guide

This .github repository is the centralized place for all organization-wide community health files and contributor documentation for the ForgeX Foundation.

GitHub automatically applies these templates and guidelines to all repositories under the ForgeXFoundation GitHub organization unless overridden locally.

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📂 Repository Structure

.github/
├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md          # Contributor behavior and expectations
├── CONTRIBUTING.md             # How to contribute to any ForgeX project
├── SECURITY.md                 # Vulnerability reporting and disclosure
├── issue_template/             # GitHub issue and PR templates
│   ├── bug_report.md
│   ├── feature_request.md
│   └── pull_request_template.md
├── profile/
│   └── README.md               # Public profile README for github.com/ForgeXFoundation
└── README.md                   # This documentation guide

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🧠 Purpose of This Repo

• Ensures consistent community standards across all ForgeX projects
• Encourages high-quality contributions
• Provides clear guidelines for handling issues, pull requests, and communication
• Streamlines onboarding for new contributors

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📌 How It Works

GitHub automatically uses the files in this repo for:

• Default issue and pull request templates
• A shared contribution and security policy
• A global Code of Conduct for the ForgeX developer community

Unless a specific repo overrides them, these files will apply to all public repositories within the ForgeXFoundation organization.

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🧾 Maintainer Notes

• This repository should not contain any source code
• Only update files here if you want to affect all repositories
• For project-specific contribution rules, override with a local CONTRIBUTING.md inside that repository

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🔗 Related Resources

• ForgeX Website
• GitHub Docs – About .github Repositories
• Contributor Covenant

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🤝 Want to Contribute?

If you'd like to help improve these docs or templates, feel free to submit a pull request.
For help or questions, reach out via Discord or email us at forgexfoundation@gmail.com.

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Forge. Collaborate. Inspire.
The ForgeX Foundation Team