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

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Author: Zeyi Xu (zeyi2)

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>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.

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/194377.diff


1 Files Affected:

- (modified) clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst (+4) 


``````````diff
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.

``````````

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


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