From 2c75425916c408ab9f330552821583d2e287b1fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Boucher <trekkie@nomorestars.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:56:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore: require linked issue in PR template (#4112)

Adds a prominent "Linked issue" section at the top of the PR template
with a required acknowledgement checkbox. PRs that leave the issue
number blank or uncheck the box signal they haven't read the contribution
guidelines and will be closed.

Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index e8dbfe9c0..ea2b9844d 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+## Linked issue
+
+<!--
+PRs without a linked issue will be closed.
+Open or find an issue first: https://github.com/gsd-build/gsd-2/issues
+-->
+
+Closes #<!-- issue number — required -->
+
+- [ ] I have linked an issue above. I understand that PRs without a linked issue will be closed without review.
+
+---
+
 ## TL;DR
 
 **What:** <!-- One sentence — what does this change? -->
@@ -10,7 +23,7 @@
 
 ## Why
 
-<!-- The motivation. What problem does this solve? Link issues: Closes #123 -->
+<!-- The motivation. What problem does this solve? -->
 
 ## How