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+# Lab 1 — Introduction to DevOps & Git Workflow
+## 1. SSH Commit Signature Verification
+### 1. A short summary explaining the benefits of signing commits.
+**The benefits of signed commits:**
+- **Authenticity: to ensure that you are the person who authored this commit.**
+- **Integity: to ensure that the commit hasn't been tampered with**
+### 2. Evidence of successful SSH key setup and signed commit.
+- ![SSH key](ssh_confirmation.png)
+### 3. Answer: "Why is commit signing important in DevOps workflows?"
+Commit signing is helpful for DevOps workflows because it ensures that code that goes through CI/CD pipeline is written by trusted and verified author. It also adds to accountability, so teams can track who made what change and confirm conde hasn't been altered.
+### 4. Screenshots or verification of the "Verified" badge on GitHub.
+- ![SSH verified](ssh_verified.png)
+
+## 2. PR Template & Checklist
+### 1. Screenshot of PR template auto-filling the description.
+- ![Template](template.png)
+### 2. Evidence that `.github/pull_request_template.md` exists on main branch.
+- ![Template evidence](template_evidence.png)
+### 3. Analysis of how PR templates improve collaboration.
+**PR template improve collaboration by making pull request more consistent and complete. It enforces different different contributors to use the same structure. This leads to higher-quality contributions and fewer errors.**
+### 4. Note any challenges encountered during setup.
+- **Mistakenly putting `.github/pull_request_template` in lab1 branch instead of main**
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