terminal/.github/actions/spelling/advice.md
Josh Soref bbe8275f69
ci: spelling: update to v0.0.18 (#10035)
Co-authored-by: Josh Soref <jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>

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## Summary of the Pull Request

Upgrade check-spelling to [v0.0.18](https://github.com/check-spelling/check-spelling/releases/tag/v0.0.18)

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I've replaced the `dictionary` directory with `allow` and `reject`. When terminal got check-spelling, I didn't have a way to do `allow`/`reject` (but they were added a while ago). With this release, the bot will complain about items that are in user managed files that wouldn't be valid, this is mostly `-`s in dictionary files, but it also includes numbers `0`..`9` and `_`. If a specific token needs to be accepted but not its sub-elements, the item should be added to `patterns.txt` instead  (`D2DERR_SHADER_COMPILE_FAILED` is an example).

With this version, check-spelling defaults to only considering tokens with at least 3 letters. It's possible to tune it back to 2 (or even 1), but in testing, the 2 character tokens have ended up not being worthwhile.  (This can be [adjusted](https://github.com/check-spelling/check-spelling/wiki/Configuration#shortest_word) if it turns out that people manage to misspell two character tokens often enough to justify checking them.)

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## Validation Steps Performed

I ran a number of passes of the spell checker in https://github.com/check-spelling/terminal/actions (note: I tend to delete this repository, so this link may be dead at some point, and action run logs expire).
2021-05-14 08:28:37 -05:00

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✏️ Contributor please read this

By default the command suggestion will generate a file named based on your commit. That's generally ok as long as you add the file to your commit. Someone can reorganize it later.

⚠️ The command is written for posix shells. You can copy the contents of each perl command excluding the outer ' marks and dropping any '"/"' quotation mark pairs into a file and then run perl file.pl from the root of the repository to run the code. Alternatively, you can manually insert the items...

If the listed items are:

  • ... misspelled, then please correct them instead of using the command.
  • ... names, please add them to .github/actions/spelling/allow/names.txt.
  • ... APIs, you can add them to a file in .github/actions/spelling/allow/.
  • ... just things you're using, please add them to an appropriate file in .github/actions/spelling/expect/.
  • ... tokens you only need in one place and shouldn't generally be used, you can add an item in an appropriate file in .github/actions/spelling/patterns/.

See the README.md in each directory for more information.

🔬 You can test your commits without appending to a PR by creating a new branch with that extra change and pushing it to your fork. The check-spelling action will run in response to your push -- it doesn't require an open pull request. By using such a branch, you can limit the number of typos your peers see you make. 😉

🗜️ If you see a bunch of garbage

If it relates to a ...

well-formed pattern

See if there's a pattern that would match it.

If not, try writing one and adding it to a patterns/{file}.txt.

Patterns are Perl 5 Regular Expressions - you can test yours before committing to verify it will match your lines.

Note that patterns can't match multiline strings.

binary-ish string

Please add a file path to the excludes.txt file instead of just accepting the garbage.

File paths are Perl 5 Regular Expressions - you can test yours before committing to verify it will match your files.

^ refers to the file's path from the root of the repository, so ^README\.md$ would exclude README.md (on whichever branch you're using).