<h3 dir="auto">Description</h3>
<p dir="auto">This PR updates <code class="notranslate">CONTRIBUTING.md</code> to address unclear guidelines regarding commit history and branching, as raised in <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="3698677828" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/6592" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/6592/hovercard" href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/6592">#6592</a>.</p>
<p dir="auto"><strong>Specific changes:</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Branching:</strong> Added explicit advice in the "How to Contribute" section to create a feature branch and avoid working directly on <code class="notranslate">master</code>.</li>
<li><strong>Commit History:</strong> Moved the guidance on avoiding "fixup" commits from the "Large Pull Requests" tip to the main "Pull Requests" body. This clarifies that a clean commit history is expected for all contributions, not just large ones.</li>
</ul>
<p dir="auto"><span class="issue-keyword tooltipped tooltipped-se" aria-label="This pull request closes issue #6592.">Fixes</span> <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load title" data-id="3698677828" data-permission-text="Title is private" data-url="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/6592" data-hovercard-type="issue" data-hovercard-url="/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/6592/hovercard" href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/6592">#6592</a></p>
<h3 dir="auto">How has this been tested?</h3>
<p dir="auto">This is a documentation-only change.</p>
<ul dir="auto">
<li>I verified that the Markdown syntax renders correctly.</li>
</ul>

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<h4>You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at:</h4>
<p>  <a href='https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6594'>https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6594</a></p>

<h4>Commit Summary</h4>
<ul>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6594/commits/c58d1532bdf93c1604ec8bba23ccad6e275bd0ea" class="commit-link">c58d153</a>  Clarify fixup commits and branching guidelines</li>
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<h4 style="display: inline-block">File Changes </h4> <p style="display: inline-block">(<a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6594/files">1 file</a>)</p>
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    <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6594/files#diff-eca12c0a30e25b4b46522ebf89465a03ba72a03f540796c979137931d8f92055">CONTRIBUTING.md</a>
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<h4>Patch Links:</h4>
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  <li><a href='https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6594.patch'>https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6594.patch</a></li>
  <li><a href='https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6594.diff'>https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/6594.diff</a></li>
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