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# Breaking Changes
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This document describes QMK's Breaking Change process. A Breaking Change is any change which modifies how QMK behaves in a way that in incompatible or potentially dangerous. We limit these changes so that users can have confidence that updating their QMK tree will not break their keymaps.
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The breaking change period is when we will merge PR's that change QMK in dangerous or unexpected ways. There is a built-in period of testing so we are confident that any problems caused are rare or unable to be predicted.
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## What has been included in past Breaking Changes?
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* [2021 Feb 27](ChangeLog/20210227.md)
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* [2020 Nov 28](ChangeLog/20201128.md)
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* [2020 Aug 29](ChangeLog/20200829.md)
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* [2020 May 30](ChangeLog/20200530.md)
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* [2020 Feb 29](ChangeLog/20200229.md)
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* [2019 Aug 30](ChangeLog/20190830.md)
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## When is the next Breaking Change?
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The next Breaking Change is scheduled for February 27, 2021.
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### Important Dates
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* [x] 2021 Feb 27 - `develop` is created. Each push to `master` is subsequently merged to `develop`
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* [ ] 2021 May 01 - `develop` closed to new PR's.
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* [ ] 2021 May 01 - Call for testers.
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* [ ] 2021 May 27 - `master` is locked, no PR's merged.
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* [ ] 2021 May 29 - Merge `develop` to `master`.
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* [ ] 2021 May 29 - `master` is unlocked. PR's can be merged again.
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## What changes will be included?
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To see a list of breaking change candidates you can look at the [`breaking_change` label](https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Abreaking_change+is%3Apr). New changes might be added between now and when `develop` is closed, and a PR with that label applied is not guaranteed to be merged.
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If you want your breaking change to be included in this round you need to create a PR with the `breaking_change` label and have it accepted before `develop` closes. After `develop` closes no new breaking changes will be accepted.
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Criteria for acceptance:
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* PR is complete and ready to merge
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* PR has a ChangeLog
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# Checklists
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This section documents various processes we use when running the Breaking Changes process.
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## Creating the `develop` branch
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This happens immediately after the previous `develop` branch is merged.
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* `qmk_firmware` git commands
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* [ ] `git checkout master`
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* [ ] `git pull --ff-only`
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* [ ] `git checkout -b develop`
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* [ ] Edit `readme.md`
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* [ ] Add a big notice at the top that this is a testing branch.
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* [ ] Include a link to this document
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* [ ] `git commit -m 'Branch point for <DATE> Breaking Change'`
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* [ ] `git tag breakpoint_<YYYY>_<MM>_<DD>`
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* [ ] `git tag <next_version>` # Prevent the breakpoint tag from confusing version incrementing
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* [ ] `git push origin develop`
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* [ ] `git push --tags`
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## 4 Weeks Before Merge
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* `develop` is now closed to new PR's, only fixes for current PR's may be merged
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* Post call for testers
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* [ ] Discord
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* [ ] GitHub PR
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* [ ] https://reddit.com/r/olkb
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## 1 Week Before Merge
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* Announce that master will be closed from <2 Days Before> to <Day of Merge>
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* [ ] Discord
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* [ ] GitHub PR
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* [ ] https://reddit.com/r/olkb
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## 2 Days Before Merge
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* Announce that master is closed for 2 days
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* [ ] Discord
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* [ ] GitHub PR
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* [ ] https://reddit.com/r/olkb
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## Day Of Merge
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* `qmk_firmware` git commands
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* [ ] `git checkout develop`
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* [ ] `git pull --ff-only`
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* [ ] `git rebase origin/master`
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* [ ] Edit `readme.md`
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* [ ] Remove the notes about `develop`
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* [ ] Roll up the ChangeLog into one file.
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* [ ] `git commit -m 'Merge point for <DATE> Breaking Change'`
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* [ ] `git push origin develop`
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* GitHub Actions
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* [ ] Create a PR for `develop`
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* [ ] Make sure travis comes back clean
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* [ ] Merge `develop` PR
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