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Update CONTRIBUTING guidelines for DCO
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The CLA process has been replaced with a DCO, this commit updates the
CONTRIBUTING guidelines accordingly.
See https://spring.io/blog/2025/01/06/hello-dco-goodbye-cla-simplifying-contributions-to-spring
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#### Submit a Pull Request

1. If you have not previously done so, please sign the
[Contributor License Agreement](https://cla.spring.io/sign/spring). You will be reminded
automatically when you submit the PR.

1. Should you create an issue first? No, just create the pull request and use the
description to provide context and motivation, as you would for an issue. If you want
to start a discussion first or have already created an issue, once a pull request is
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[Rewriting History section of Pro Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History)
for an overview of streamlining the commit history.

1. All commits must include a _Signed-off-by_ trailer at the end of each commit message
to indicate that the contributor agrees to the Developer Certificate of Origin.
For additional details, please refer to the blog post
[Hello DCO, Goodbye CLA: Simplifying Contributions to Spring](https://spring.io/blog/2025/01/06/hello-dco-goodbye-cla-simplifying-contributions-to-spring).

1. Format commit messages using 55 characters for the subject line, 72 characters per line
for the description, followed by the issue fixed, for example, `Closes gh-22276`. See the
[Commit Guidelines section of Pro Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project#Commit-Guidelines)
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