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[SEO] Redirect "Contact GitHub" footer link to Support site#4034

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This PR updates the redirect in place for "Contact GitHub" to minimize end-user redirects to have a positive impact on SEO.

Why:

https://github.com/github/SEO/issues/64

What's being changed:

  • Old: https://support.github.com/contact
  • New: https://support.github.com

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👋 Hey there spelunker. It looks like you've modified some files that we can't accept as contributions. The complete list of files we can't accept are:
translations/**
lib/rest/static/**
.github/workflows/**
.github/CODEOWNERS
translations/**
assets/fonts/**
data/graphql/**
lib/graphql/**
lib/redirects/**
lib/rest/**
lib/webhooks/**

You'll need to revert all of the files you changed in that list using GitHub Desktop or git checkout origin/main <file name>. Once you get those files reverted, we can continue with the review process. :octocat:

@skullface skullface requested a review from a team February 26, 2021 19:23
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Hi there, thanks for the PR, as the bot mentioned earlier the lib/redirects/* can not be modified by any PR, so AFAIK sadly no one can accept this change to the code base. Unless the core team change this by themselves.

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Thanks @SMicheal + @SMAKSS! I’ll notify the core team ^—^

@janiceilene janiceilene added the engineering Will involve Docs Engineering label Mar 1, 2021
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Thanks for opening a PR @skullface! This was discussed in Slack and can be merged in once the engineering team takes a look and gives approval 💖

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👍🏼 Seems fine to me.

@janiceilene janiceilene added the ready to merge This pull request is ready to merge label Mar 3, 2021
@shati-patel shati-patel enabled auto-merge (squash) March 4, 2021 14:22
@shati-patel shati-patel dismissed github-actions[bot]’s stale review March 4, 2021 14:23

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👋 Hey there spelunker. It looks like you've modified some files that we can't accept as contributions. The complete list of files we can't accept are:
translations/**
lib/rest/static/**
.github/workflows/**
.github/CODEOWNERS
translations/**
assets/fonts/**
data/graphql/**
lib/graphql/**
lib/redirects/**
lib/rest/**
lib/webhooks/**

You'll need to revert all of the files you changed in that list using GitHub Desktop or git checkout origin/main <file name>. Once you get those files reverted, we can continue with the review process. :octocat:

@shati-patel shati-patel merged commit 53dfd7f into main Mar 4, 2021
@shati-patel shati-patel deleted the support branch March 4, 2021 14:53
@skullface skullface changed the title Redirect "Contact GitHub" footer link to Support site [SEO] Redirect "Contact GitHub" footer link to Support site Mar 29, 2021
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