[llvm-branch-commits] [clang-tools-extra] [clang-tidy] Add note about the removal of `hicpp` module (PR #194377)

[Zeyi Xu via llvm-branch-commits]

https://github.com/zeyi2 created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/194377

>From the discussion [here](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/183462#issuecomment-4305159993), we would remove the `hicpp` module in 23 release due to license issues. So we need to add a notice in release 22 branch to alert the users in advance.

>From b181a5099cf3545c2b6ad35ee5f5c2a24344f017 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mtx <mitchell.xu2 at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:35:11 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] [clang-tidy] Add note about removal of `hicpp` modules

---
 clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 6ae97fa67737b..38cae50fcbe33 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ Major New Features
 Potentially Breaking Changes
 ----------------------------
 
+- Deprecated the :program:`clang-tidy` ``hicpp`` module. All checks have been
+  moved to other module instead. The ``hicpp`` module will be removed
+  in the 23th release.
+
 - Deprecated the :program:`clang-tidy` ``zircon`` module. All checks have been
   moved to the ``fuchsia`` module instead. The ``zircon`` module will be removed
   in the 24th release.