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Pull request overview
Updates the repository’s Copilot skills documentation by adding new skill guides for GDI+/rendering and WinForms API patterns, refreshing existing standards/modernization guidance, and retiring an older Copilot instruction doc in favor of the new skills system.
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- Added new skills: GDI+ usage/extension, new control API guidelines, control API test patterns, and GDI rendering test patterns.
- Updated
coding-standardsandcode-modernizationskills with expanded guidance (notably aroundvar, readability, and modernization rules). - Removed the older
.github/copilot/GDI/GDIPlus-copilot-instructions.mddoc (content moved into a skill).
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Copilot reviewed 8 out of 8 changed files in this pull request and generated 7 comments.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| DvlErrLog.txt | Adds a driver verification error log (appears to be an accidental artifact). |
| .github/skills/using-and-extending-gdi-plus/SKILL.md | New skill doc for GDI+/System.Drawing usage patterns and API extension guidance. |
| .github/skills/new-control-api/SKILL.md | New skill doc describing how to add new public/protected WinForms APIs. |
| .github/skills/gdi-rendering-tests/SKILL.md | New skill doc for bitmap-based verification and rendering test patterns. |
| .github/skills/control-api-tests/SKILL.md | New skill doc for unit test patterns for WinForms control API additions. |
| .github/skills/coding-standards/SKILL.md | Updates coding standards, especially var policy and readability guidance. |
| .github/skills/code-modernization/SKILL.md | Updates modernization guidance, including NRT boundaries, var rules, and readability items. |
| .github/copilot/GDI/GDIPlus-copilot-instructions.md | Deletes retired GDI+ Copilot instructions doc (superseded by skills). |
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Shyam-Gupta
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Mar 27, 2026
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Shyam-Gupta
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Mar 27, 2026
- Fix 'Cllection initializers' -> 'Collection expressions' (coding-standards) - Fix stray '**' markdown emphasis (code-modernization) - Fix 'lke' -> 'like' typo (code-modernization) - Remove accidentally committed DvlErrLog.txt Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
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Rewamps and adds Copilot skill documents:
Deletes .github/copilot/GDI/GDIPlus-copilot-instructions.md\ (content moved to skill).
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