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 ## Pull requests
 
+- Always create a new branch before opening a pull request.
+  Never open a pull request directly from a shared or existing work branch.
 - During pull-request development, add follow-up commits instead of amending existing commits.
   Preserve review history until the pull request is ready to merge.
 - When the user says a pull request is merged, clean up the local branch without waiting for an explicit request.