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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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| * [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 Nov 29.
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| ### Important Dates
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| * [x] 2019 Sep 21 - `future` is created. It will be rebased weekly.
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| * [ ] 2019 Nov 01 - `future` closed to new PR's.
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| * [ ] 2019 Nov 01 - Call for testers.
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| * [ ] 2019 Nov 27 - `master` is locked, no PR's merged.
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| * [ ] 2019 Nov 29 - Merge `future` to `master`.
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| * [ ] 2019 Nov 30 - `master` is unlocked. PR's can be merged again.
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| 
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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 `future` 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 `future` closes. After `future` 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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| ## Rebase `future` from `master`
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| This is run every Friday while `future` is open.
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| Process:
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| ```
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| cd qmk_firmware
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| git checkout master
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| git pull --ff-only
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| git checkout future
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| git rebase master
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| git push --force
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| ```
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| 
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| ## Creating the `future` branch
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| This happens immediately after the previous `future` 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 future`
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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 future`
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|     * [ ] `git push --tags`
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| ## 4 Weeks Before Merge
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| * `future` 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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| 
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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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| 
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| ## Day Of Merge
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| * `qmk_firmware` git commands
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|     * [ ] `git checkout future`
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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 `future`
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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 future`
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| * Github Actions
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|     * [ ] Create a PR for `future`
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|     * [ ] Make sure travis comes back clean
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|     * [ ] Merge `future` PR
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