From 1d5815a3939f80d4f736c28dee84b9b213dd073c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: karthickmk2001 <karthicksubramanian2001@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 20:33:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add a Closes # line to the PR template

#45 and #47 stayed open for days after #60 and #61 shipped them because neither PR linked its issue. CONTRIBUTING.md (from #82) already asks for the link and the leaderboard only scores linked issues, but the template had no place for it. Add the line so it is the default.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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 .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 4f725be..965f519 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Closes #
+
+<!-- Put the issue number after "Closes #" so GitHub closes the issue (and,
+during the hackathon, scores it on the leaderboard) when this PR merges.
+Add one "Closes #N" line per issue. Delete the line only if the PR has no
+issue (e.g. a version bump). -->
+
 **What does this change, and why?**
 
 **Testing**