From f77d332f3bb13276c13a075319b65fc291cc9098 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2026 01:55:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce a pull request template

.. to be put into the "Add a description" text box
when creating a new pull request to Expat

Related:
https://docs.github.com/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request-template-for-your-repository
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 pull_request_template.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 pull_request_template.md

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+<!-- Thanks for your interest in contributing to the libexpat project or "Expat"! -->
+
+# Self-Diagnosis
+
+<!-- PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING: -->
+- [ ] This pull request fixes #ISSUE_NUMBER.
+- [ ] This pull request is related to SOME_REFERENCE.
+- [ ] This pull request is small, uncontroversial, complete, and easy to review.
+- [ ] I have enabled and run all GitHub Actions CI in my fork repository,
+  and hence expect CI to be all-green for this pull request.
+- [ ] I have read the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/HEAD/CONTRIBUTING.md), and this pull request meets these guidelines for contribution.
+- [x] I had trouble understanding parts of this questionnaire. (Please elaborate.)
+
+
+# Description
+
+TODO: This pull request does X because of Y in order to Z. <!-- Thank you! -->