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DEV: Add csv to Gemfile to resolve Ruby 3.3 deprecation warning (#26995)
The following warning is being printed when running Discourse with Ruby
3.3

`warning: /usr/local/lib/ruby/3.3.0/csv.rb was loaded from the standard
library, but will no longer be part of the default gems since Ruby
3.4.0. Add csv to your Gemfile or gemspec.`
2024-05-13 13:23:15 +08:00
.devcontainer DEV: Replace postCreateCommand with postStartCommand (#16665) 2022-05-05 23:52:35 +02:00
.github DEV: Enable 'cheap source maps' in GitHub CI (#26933) 2024-05-08 10:28:07 +01:00
.vscode-sample DEV: introduce Ember <template> tag support (.gjs) (#22719) 2023-07-20 21:01:12 +01:00
app FEATURE: Force admin sidebar for all admins in admin_sidebar_enabled_groups and handle legacy "hamburger dropdown" in this mode (#26899) 2024-05-13 14:40:23 +10:00
bin DEV: Drop Ember 3 feature flag 2024-02-26 12:22:05 +00:00
config FIX: add missing translations for staff action logs. (#26969) 2024-05-10 23:11:56 +08:00
db DEV: Increase external avatar url limit (#26966) 2024-05-10 16:19:23 +08:00
docs FIX: uses the correct link for the General category (#26891) 2024-05-07 13:42:58 +02:00
images Replace README logo with PNG (#14044) 2021-08-13 14:23:49 -04:00
lib Revert "DEV: @babel/plugin-proposal-decorators -> decorator-transforms (#25290)" (#26971) 2024-05-10 12:48:16 +01:00
log
migrations DEV: Prepare new structure for migrations-tooling (#26631) 2024-04-15 18:47:40 +02:00
patches Revert "DEV: @babel/plugin-proposal-decorators -> decorator-transforms (#25290)" (#26971) 2024-05-10 12:48:16 +01:00
plugins DEV: Use site setting mandatory_values for chat allowed groups (#26994) 2024-05-13 14:38:26 +10:00
public Update translations (#26136) 2024-03-12 15:40:11 +01:00
script DEV: Drop puma from script/bench.rb, default to Unicorn (#26898) 2024-05-07 12:27:29 +08:00
spec FEATURE: Force admin sidebar for all admins in admin_sidebar_enabled_groups and handle legacy "hamburger dropdown" in this mode (#26899) 2024-05-13 14:40:23 +10:00
test DEV: Update chrome-launcher from 0.15.2 to 1.1.0 (#25909) 2024-02-27 11:25:11 +01:00
vendor UX: Add chevron icons for expanding and collapsing all toggles in the admin sidebar (#26246) 2024-03-21 10:25:14 +11:00
.editorconfig DEV: Update .editorconfig to match new hbs rules (#19816) 2023-01-10 16:21:16 +01:00
.eslintignore DEV: convert I18n pseudo package into real package (discourse-i18n) (#23867) 2023-10-12 14:44:01 +01:00
.eslintrc.cjs DEV: Use @discourse/lint-configs (#24038) 2023-10-23 12:08:35 +02:00
.git-blame-ignore-revs DEV: Add recent formatting commits to .git-blame-ignore-revs (#19799) 2023-01-09 14:51:48 +00:00
.gitattributes DEV: Remove GitHub gjs highlighting workaround (#24791) 2023-12-08 11:55:20 +00:00
.gitignore FEATURE: Merge discourse-automation (#26432) 2024-04-03 18:20:43 +03:00
.jsdoc DEV: Remove unmaintained tidy-jsdoc dependency (#25110) 2024-01-03 10:30:54 +00:00
.licensed.yml Build(deps): Bump highline from 2.1.0 to 3.0.0 (#25150) 2024-01-08 22:20:15 +01:00
.licensee.json DEV: Merge root JS packages (#25857) 2024-02-26 13:45:58 +00:00
.npmrc DEV: Prevent npm usage (#13945) 2021-08-04 22:04:58 +02:00
.prettierignore DEV: Patch deprecated-run-loop-and-computed-dot-access in production (#25074) 2024-01-02 10:44:26 +00:00
.prettierrc.cjs DEV: Use @discourse/lint-configs (#24038) 2023-10-23 12:08:35 +02:00
.rspec Add RSpec 4 compatibility (#17652) 2022-07-28 10:27:38 +08:00
.rspec_parallel DEV: Introduce parallel rspec testing 2019-04-01 11:06:47 -04:00
.rubocop.yml DEV: Update rubocop-discourse to latest version 2024-03-04 15:08:35 +01:00
.ruby-gemset.sample
.ruby-version.sample DEV: Update recommended Ruby to 3.2.1 (#20444) 2023-02-24 12:51:34 -03:00
.streerc DEV: Apply syntax_tree formatting to app/* 2023-01-09 14:14:59 +00:00
.template-lintrc.cjs DEV: Update js linting setup (#25365) 2024-01-24 15:30:03 +01:00
Brewfile DEV: enable frozen string literal on all files 2019-05-13 09:31:32 +08:00
CODEOWNERS DEV: Add "migrations-tooling" label to PRs for import scripts (#25062) 2023-12-28 21:26:05 +01:00
config.ru DEV: enable frozen string literal on all files 2019-05-13 09:31:32 +08:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Proper long form for CLA 2015-09-10 20:49:03 +02:00
COPYRIGHT.md DEV: Absorb onebox gem into core (#12979) 2021-05-26 15:11:35 +05:30
d add wrappers for mailcatcher and sidekiq 2016-12-13 09:05:45 +11:00
discourse.sublime-project DEV: Exclude i18n .yml files from Sublime Text project. (#6473) 2018-10-10 20:21:24 +08:00
Gemfile DEV: Add csv to Gemfile to resolve Ruby 3.3 deprecation warning (#26995) 2024-05-13 13:23:15 +08:00
Gemfile.lock DEV: Add csv to Gemfile to resolve Ruby 3.3 deprecation warning (#26995) 2024-05-13 13:23:15 +08:00
jsconfig.json Enable Embroider/Webpack code spliting for Wizard (#24919) 2023-12-20 13:15:06 +00:00
lefthook.yml DEV: Add syntax_tree check to lefthook (#19877) 2023-01-17 10:16:07 +10:00
LICENSE.txt DEV: Absorb onebox gem into core (#12979) 2021-05-26 15:11:35 +05:30
package.json Build(deps-dev): Bump esbuild from 0.21.1 to 0.21.2 (#26984) 2024-05-13 11:05:12 +08:00
Rakefile FIX: Do not dump schema during production database migrations (#12785) 2021-04-21 16:26:20 +01:00
README.md Replace Twitter screenshot with X screenshot (#25506) 2024-02-01 09:11:54 -07:00
translator.yml DEV: Add "automation" plugin to Crowdin (#26497) 2024-04-03 20:00:42 +02:00
yarn.lock Build(deps): Bump babel-plugin-ember-template-compilation (#26987) 2024-05-13 11:06:39 +08:00

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