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[docs] add Automated Contribution policy, add Contributing docs to the website #7434

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jameslamb opened 2:21pm on September 13, 2026 wants to merge 45 Δ into microsoft/lightgbm main from
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Target name Target value This PR
Maximum Diff Delta per PR 500 45
Maximum comment count per PR 10 4
Pull request maximum business days between activity 3 15
Pull request maximum business days open 5 15

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100 .readthedocs.yaml
docs/conf.py
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100 .readthedocs.yaml
docs/env.yml
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85 .readthedocs.yaml
.gitignore
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75 docs/Makefile
docs/conf.py
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docs/conf.py 0 0 352
CONTRIBUTING.md 0 0 73
.readthedocs.yaml 0 0 20
docs/Makefile 0 0 21
.gitignore 0 0 487
docs/env.yml 0 0 20
docs/Key-Events.md 0 0 ---
docs/Development-Guide.rst 0 0 ---
docs/index.rst 0 0 ---

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