From 84efad936acacc4c730a815a25841e6ea6118239 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Awesome-Ace22 <amelia.c.ellis@icloud.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:28:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore: allow 'tests' prefix for branch names in PR checks

---
 .github/workflows/pr-checks.yml | 4 ++--
 CONTRIBUTING.md                 | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
index c5cb0fd..c157e96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref }}
         run: |
           words='[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*'
-          work="^(feature|bugfix|chore)/${words}$"
+          work="^(feature|bugfix|chore|tests)/${words}$"
           hotfix="^hotfix/${words}$"
           release='^release/v[0-9]{4}\.[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}(\.[0-9]+)?$'
           github_made='^(revert-[0-9]+-|dependabot/)'
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
 
           if [[ ! ( "$HEAD_REF" =~ $work || "$HEAD_REF" =~ $hotfix || "$HEAD_REF" =~ $release \
                     || "$HEAD_REF" == "main" || "$HEAD_REF" =~ $github_made ) ]]; then
-            fail "Branch '$HEAD_REF' must be named feature/..., bugfix/..., chore/... (lower case, words joined by single hyphens), e.g. bugfix/fas-port-reconnect. Rename it on GitHub (Branches page, pencil icon) - that keeps this PR."
+            fail "Branch '$HEAD_REF' must be named feature/..., bugfix/..., chore/..., tests/... (lower case, words joined by single hyphens), e.g. bugfix/fas-port-reconnect. Rename it on GitHub (Branches page, pencil icon) - that keeps this PR."
           fi
 
           case "$BASE_REF" in
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index bac3e4b..ad509df 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Read that first.** In short:
 
 - `dev` collects finished work for hardware testing; `main` is what prod runs.
-- Branch from `dev` as `feature/...`, `bugfix/...` or `chore/...`, e.g. `bugfix/fas-port-reconnect`.
+- Branch from `dev` as `feature/...`, `bugfix/...`, `chore/...` or `tests/...`, e.g. `bugfix/fas-port-reconnect`.
 - Open a PR **into `dev`**, titled `type(scope): what changed`, and fill in the template.
 - CI green + 1 approval (a lead's if it can move hardware), then **Squash and merge**.
 - Leads bring tested releases into `main`; you never merge into `main` yourself.