pull_request_template_external_contrib.md

What does the PR do?

Checklist

• I have read the Contribution guidelines and signed the Contributor License Agreement
• PR title reflects the change and is of format <commit_type>: <Title>
• Changes are described in the pull request.
• Related issues are referenced.
• Populated github labels field
• Added test plan and verified test passes.
• Verified that the PR passes existing CI.
• I ran pre-commit locally (pre-commit install, pre-commit run --all)
• Verified copyright is correct on all changed files.
• Added succinct git squash message before merging ref.
• All template sections are filled out.
• Optional: Additional screenshots for behavior/output changes with before/after.

Related PRs:

Where should the reviewer start?

Test plan:

Caveats:

Background

Related Issues: (use one of the action keywords Closes / Fixes / Resolves / Relates to)

• closes GitHub issue: #xxx