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sdk/cosmos/.github/instructions/cosmos.changelog.instructions.md

azure-sdk-for-rust cosmos.changelog.instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust. It costs 605 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of changelog rules for the Azure SDK for Rust, a software library project whose users rely on release notes to understand upgrades.

In plain words
What is it for?
Adding correctly categorized entries for features, breaking changes, bugs, and other customer-visible updates, while skipping changelogs for internal pull requests.
Why use it?
It ensures customer-visible changes are recorded in the unreleased section without altering notes for versions that have already shipped.

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This is Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on azure-sdk-for-rust itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything azure-sdk-for-rust configures →

About the project

Azure SDK for Rust is a collection of Rust libraries, organized as separate crates, for interacting with Azure services. Rust developers use the crates and examples to build applications that work with Azure. The catalogue entries provide coding-agent skills, instructions, agents, and MCP integrations for working with the SDK.

Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust · 884 stars · on GitHub

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust/main/sdk/cosmos/.github/instructions/cosmos.changelog.instructions.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust

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A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

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None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

sdk/cosmos/.github/instructions/cosmos.changelog.instructions.md · 39 lines

What it actually says

  • Follow the Azure SDK changelog instructions for Rust as the primary reference for changelogs unless they conflict with Cosmos-specific requirements outlined below or in other cosmos.*.instructions.md files.

  • Goal: every customer-visible change gets a changelog entry so users can quickly understand the risk/benefit of upgrading.

  • Never modify already released sections (anything not marked "Unreleased"). Only add entries under the current "(Unreleased)" version.

  • If the PR title starts with [Internal], do not change any CHANGELOG.md files.

  • Add entries under an existing category header (for example: "Features Added", "Breaking Changes", "Bugs Fixed", "Other Changes"). A single PR may produce multiple entries when it spans multiple categories or distinct customer-visible changes.

    • Do not create new category headers.
    • Put each entry under the most appropriate existing category.
  • Entry format:

    • Prefer the existing style used in the file.
    • When the file uses PR-linked bullets, use the same pattern:
      • Prefer placing the PR link at the end, matching existing Cosmos changelog entries:
        • - <one-line summary of the change>. ([#12345](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust/pull/12345))
    • If you are working on a local branch and there is no PR yet, you may add the one-line summary without the link.
      • Once a PR exists (even before merge), update the entry to include the PR link.
  • PR number/link discovery (do this automatically when a PR exists):

    • Determine the current branch name: git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD.
    • Prefer using GitHub CLI if available/authenticated:
      • gh pr view --repo Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust --json number,url
      • or gh pr list --repo Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust --head <forkOwner>:<branch> --json number,url --limit 1
    • If gh is unavailable, search GitHub PRs by head branch (works in a browser):
      • Query: is:pr head:<forkOwner>:<branch>
      • URL: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust/pulls?q=is%3Apr+head%3A<forkOwner>%3A<branch>
  • For the first unreleased version section, keep all standard category headers present even if some are empty.

  • Keep entries concise, accurate, and relevant to the release.

  • Reference example (style only):

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