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nuget-guard

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INTERNAL DEV WORKFLOW for WpfHexEditor — Claude self-invokes after editing any *.cs or *.csproj that belongs to one of the 13 packages published on nuget.org by abbaye (WpfHexEditor.Core.ByteProvider, .BinaryAnalysis, WPFHexaEditor, WpfCodeEditor, WpfDocking, WpfColorPicker, WpfTerminal, whfmt.Analysis/.Backfill/.CodeGen/.Fuzz/.Validate/.FileFormatCatalog). Protects the standalone-mode contract when IDE features are added: detects IDE-only references leaking into a NuGet package, TFM drift, UseWPF leak on core-xplat packages, WPF/WinForms usings in core-xplat, and public-API regressions vs git HEAD (api-removed, api-renamed). Extending the API is always allowed; removing/renaming is not. Skip on files outside protected packages, Tests/, Samples/, *.Designer.cs, *.g.cs.

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nuget-guard (internal)

Protects the standalone contract of the 13 published packages. IDE shell is a consumer — packages must work without it.

Categories:

  • core-xplat (net8.0, zero WPF/WinForms, no IDE refs): ByteProvider, BinaryAnalysis, whfmt.FileFormatCatalog, whfmt.Analysis/Backfill/CodeGen/Fuzz/Validate
  • wpf-control (net8.0-windows, WPF allowed, no WpfHexEditor.App/Editor/Plugins.* refs): WPFHexaEditor, WpfCodeEditor, WpfDocking, WpfColorPicker, WpfTerminal

Full path table: data/package-policy.json. WpfCaret (other repo) not protected.

When I invoke

SituationRun?
Edit *.cs or *.csproj under a protected packageyes
Non-protected csproj, Tests/, Samples/, *.Designer.cs, *.g.cs, XAML/resxno

Pipeline

  1. Resolve edited file's owning csproj → check <PackageId> against policy. Not found → skip.
  2. Run scripts/nuget-guard.ps1 -Files <paths>.
  3. Exit code = ERR count (capped 100). WARN-only ⇒ exit 0.
  4. Suppress: // nuget-ignore: <reason> (reason mandatory).

Rules

RuleSevDetects
nuget-api-removederrorpublic type/member in git HEAD removed from working tree
nuget-api-renamederrorpublic signature removed + similar-named added (rename breaks consumers)
nuget-tfm-drifterror<TargetFramework> doesn't match policy (e.g. ByteProvider must stay net8.0)
nuget-usewpf-leakerror<UseWPF>true or <UseWindowsForms>true on a core-xplat package
nuget-ide-projreferror<ProjectReference> to IDE-only assembly (WpfHexEditor.App/Editor/Plugins.*; Editor.*.Core allowed)
nuget-ide-usingerrorIDE-only type ref (IDEHostContext, IdeMessageBox, DockManager, …)
nuget-wpf-using-in-xplaterrorusing System.Windows.* / System.Windows.Forms / WebView2.* in core-xplat
nuget-version-regressionerror<Version> numerically lower than git HEAD
nuget-release-notes-stalewarn<Version> bumped, <PackageReleaseNotes> unchanged

Extending public API (new types, members, overloads), changing internal/private members, and bumping <Version> upward are all allowed.

Maintenance

  • New NuGet package → add entry in data/package-policy.json.
  • New IDE-only type that must not leak → add to ide_only_types in policy.
  • TFM rollout → update tfm arrays per package in single coordinated commit.