docs: clarify that this is a staging repository and not for direct contributions

sAchin-680 · BenTheElder · commit 7c43e6d2fdbf · 2025-08-15T10:08:16.000-07:00
Signed-off-by: sAchin-680 &lt;mrmister680@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/api/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/api/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # api
 
 Schema of the external API types that are served by the Kubernetes API server.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # apiextensions-apiserver
 
 Implements: https://github.com/kubernetes/design-proposals-archive/blob/main/api-machinery/thirdpartyresources.md
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
 # apimachinery
 
 Scheme, typing, encoding, decoding, and conversion packages for Kubernetes and Kubernetes-like API objects.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # apiserver
 
 Generic library for building a Kubernetes aggregated API server.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/cli-runtime/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # cli-runtime
 
 Set of helpers for creating kubectl commands, as well as kubectl plugins.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # client-go
 
 Go clients for talking to a [kubernetes](http://kubernetes.io/) cluster.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/cloud-provider/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # cloud-provider
 
 This repository defines the cloud-provider interface and mechanism to initialize
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # cluster-bootstrap
 
 Set of constants and helpers in support of
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/code-generator/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # code-generator
 
 Golang code-generators used to implement [Kubernetes-style API types](https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md).
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 ## component-base
 
 ## Purpose
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-helpers/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-helpers/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # component-helpers
 
 This repository provides helpers primarily for core components (core components as described in [Create a k8s.io/component-base repo](https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/blob/master/keps/sig-cluster-lifecycle/wgs/783-component-base/README.md#component-definition)) which are required by at least two separate binaries in kubernetes org.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/controller-manager/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/controller-manager/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # Controller-manager
 
 ## Purpose
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cri-api/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/cri-api/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 ## Purpose
 
 This repository contains the definitions for the Container Runtime Interface (CRI).
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/cri-client/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/cri-client/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # cri-client
 
 Container Runtime Interface client implementation
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/csi-translation-lib/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/csi-translation-lib/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 ## Purpose
 
 This repository contains functions to be consumed by various Kubernetes and
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/dynamic-resource-allocation/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/dynamic-resource-allocation/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # dynamic-resource-allocation
 
 ## Purpose
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/endpointslice/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/endpointslice/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # endpointslice
 
 ## Purpose
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/externaljwt/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/externaljwt/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # ExternalJWT
 
 This repository contains proto APIs which enable plugging external JWT signing and key management.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kms/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/kms/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # KMS
 
 <!-- TODO: Placeholder README. Update with more detail and repo contents once initial implementation is in place. -->
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-aggregator/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # kube-aggregator
 
 Implements the [Aggregated API Servers](https://github.com/kubernetes/design-proposals-archive/blob/main/api-machinery/aggregated-api-servers.md) design proposal.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-controller-manager/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-controller-manager/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # Kube-controller-manager
 
 ## Purpose
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-proxy/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-proxy/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # kube-proxy
 ## Coming Soon!
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-scheduler/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # kube-scheduler
 
 Implements [KEP 115 - Moving ComponentConfig API types to staging repos](https://git.k8s.io/enhancements/keps/sig-cluster-lifecycle/wgs/115-componentconfig#kube-scheduler-changes)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # Kubectl
 
 ![kubectl logo](./images/kubectl-logo-medium.png)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # kubelet
 
 Implements [KEP 14 - Moving ComponentConfig API types to staging repos](https://git.k8s.io/enhancements/keps/sig-cluster-lifecycle/wgs/115-componentconfig/README.md#kubelet-changes)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/metrics/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # metrics
 
 Kubernetes metrics API type definitions and clients.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/mount-utils/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 ## Purpose
 
 This repository defines an interface to mounting filesystems to be consumed by 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/pod-security-admission/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # Pod Security Admission
 
 <!-- TODO: Placeholder README. Update with more detail and repo contents once initial implementation is in place. -->
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-apiserver/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # sample-apiserver
 
 Demonstration of how to use the k8s.io/apiserver library to build a functional API server.
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-cli-plugin/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-cli-plugin/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # sample-cli-plugin
 
 This repository implements a single kubectl plugin for switching the namespace
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/sample-controller/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+> ⚠️ **This is a staging repository for Kubernetes**.  
+> Contributions, including issues and pull requests, should be made to the main Kubernetes repository: [https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes).  
+> This repository is not for direct contributions.
+
 # sample-controller
 
 This repository implements a simple controller for watching Foo resources as
