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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +applyTo: > |
| 3 | + actions/ql/lib/change-notes/*.md, |
| 4 | + cpp/ql/lib/change-notes/*.md, |
| 5 | + csharp/ql/lib/change-notes/*.md, |
| 6 | + go/ql/lib/change-notes/*.md, |
| 7 | + java/ql/lib/change-notes/*.md, |
| 8 | + javascript/ql/lib/change-notes/*.md, |
| 9 | + python/ql/lib/change-notes/*.md, |
| 10 | + ruby/ql/lib/change-notes/*.md, |
| 11 | + rust/ql/lib/change-notes/*.md, |
| 12 | + shared/mad/change-notes/*.md, |
| 13 | + shared/quantum/change-notes/*.md, |
| 14 | + shared/regex/change-notes/*.md, |
| 15 | + shared/ssa/change-notes/*.md, |
| 16 | + shared/typos/change-notes/*.md, |
| 17 | + shared/util/change-notes/*.md, |
| 18 | + shared/xml/change-notes/*.md, |
| 19 | + shared/yaml/change-notes/*.md, |
| 20 | + swift/ql/lib/change-notes/*.md |
| 21 | +--- |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +# Validation guide for library-pack change notes |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +When performing a code review, ensure that the Markdown change-notes in the pull request meet the following standards: |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +## File name |
| 28 | +The file name must match this pattern: `YYYY-MM-DD-description.md` |
| 29 | +- `YYYY-MM-DD` should refer to the year, month, and day, respectively, of the change; |
| 30 | +- `description` should refer to a short alphanumerical text, separated by hyphens, that describes the change-note; |
| 31 | +- The extension should be ".md". |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +### Examples |
| 34 | +#### Valid |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +- 2020-10-12-new-client-library.md |
| 37 | +- 2025-01-01-refactored-database-logic.md |
| 38 | +- 2022-12-25-removed-log4j.md |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +#### Invalid |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +- 3000-60-32-invalid-date.md |
| 43 | +- no-date-in-file-name.md |
| 44 | +- 2019-01-01 file name contains spaces.md |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +## Frontmatter |
| 47 | +The file must begin with YAML frontmatter. Valid YAML frontmatter properties include: |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +- `category` |
| 50 | + - Required |
| 51 | + - This is a string that identifies one of a fixed set of categories that the change falls into. |
| 52 | +- `tags` |
| 53 | + - Optional |
| 54 | + - A list of string tags. |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +### Categories |
| 58 | +| Category | Description | |
| 59 | +|------------------|-------------| |
| 60 | +| `breaking` | Any breaking change to the library pack, the most common of which is the deletion of an existing API. | |
| 61 | +| `deprecated` | An existing API has been marked as deprecated. | |
| 62 | +| `feature` | A new library API has been added. | |
| 63 | +| `majorAnalysis` | An API has changed in a way that may affect the results produced by a query that consumes the API. | |
| 64 | +| `minorAnalysis` | An API has changed in a way that may affect the results produced by a query that consumes the API, but only in scenarios that affect relatively few users. | |
| 65 | +| `fix` | An API has been fixed in a way that is not likely to affect the results produced by a query that consumes the API. | |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +### Examples |
| 68 | +#### Valid |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +```yaml |
| 71 | +--- |
| 72 | +category: feature |
| 73 | +--- |
| 74 | +``` |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +```yaml |
| 77 | +--- |
| 78 | +category: majorAnalysis |
| 79 | +tags: cpp |
| 80 | +--- |
| 81 | +``` |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +#### Invalid |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +##### Missing `category` property |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +```yaml |
| 88 | +--- |
| 89 | +tags: cpp |
| 90 | +--- |
| 91 | +``` |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +##### Invalid category `bug`; use `fix` instead |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +```yaml |
| 96 | +--- |
| 97 | +category: bug |
| 98 | +--- |
| 99 | +``` |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +## Description |
| 102 | +The content after the YAML frontmatter must be an American-English description of the change in one or more unordered Markdown list entries. |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +### Examples |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +#### Valid |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +```markdown |
| 109 | +* Added support for the Nim programming language. |
| 110 | +``` |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +#### Invalid |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +##### Change description is not in a bullet-list entry |
| 115 | +```markdown |
| 116 | +Added support for the Nim programming language. |
| 117 | +``` |
| 118 | + |
| 119 | +##### No headers; only list entries |
| 120 | +```markdown |
| 121 | +# Fixes |
| 122 | +* Fixed C++ source parsing to handle comma operator. |
| 123 | +``` |
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