adds contribution docs for helm charts

.github/workflows/run-on-main-charts.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
     paths:
       - deploy/charts/**
+    paths-ignore:
+      - deploy/charts/**/CONTRIBUTING.md
+      - deploy/charts/**/ci/**
+      - deploy/charts/**/CLAUDE.md
 
 jobs:
   publish-charts:

.github/workflows/run-on-pr-charts.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - deploy/charts/**
+    paths-ignore:
+      - deploy/charts/**/CONTRIBUTING.md
+      - deploy/charts/**/ci/**
+      - deploy/charts/**/CLAUDE.md
 
 jobs:
   spellcheck:

deploy/charts/operator-crds/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Contributing to Operator-CRDs Chart
+
+Before making a contribution to the Operator-CRDs Chart you will need to ensure the following steps have been done:
+- [Sign your commits](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/signing-commits)
+- Run `helm template` on the changes you're making to ensure they are correctly rendered into Kubernetes manifests.
+- Lint tests has been run for the Chart using the [Chart Testing](https://github.com/helm/chart-testing) tool and the `ct lint` command.
+- Ensure variables are documented in `values.yaml` and the [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/) hook has been run with `pre-commit run --all-files` to generate the `README.md` documentation. To preview the content, use `helm-docs --dry-run`.
+- If you are making changes to the Chart - remember to bump the Chart version following [SemVer](https://semver.org/). You will need to change the [Chart Version](./Chart.yaml#L5) and the [Chart Badge](./README.md#L4) on the README.

deploy/charts/operator/CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing to Operator Chart
+
+Before making a contribution to the Operator Chart you will need to ensure the following steps have been done:
+- [Sign your commits](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/signing-commits)
+- Run `helm template` on the changes you're making to ensure they are correctly rendered into Kubernetes manifests.
+- Lint tests has been run for the Chart using the [Chart Testing](https://github.com/helm/chart-testing) tool and the `ct lint` command.
+- Ensure variables are documented in `values.yaml` and the [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/) hook has been run with `pre-commit run --all-files` to generate the `README.md` documentation. To preview the content, use `helm-docs --dry-run`.
+- If you are making changes to the Chart - remember to bump the Chart version following [SemVer](https://semver.org/). You will need to change the [Chart Version](./Chart.yaml#L5) and the [Chart Badge](./README.md#L4) on the README.