From c9161ef6fd4ab31ff43e361dc6373cacb520d26d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rhys Arkins <rhys@arkins.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2022 06:48:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(config)!: default branchNameStrict=true
---
docs/usage/configuration-options.md | 8 ++++----
lib/config/options/index.ts | 2 +-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
index 2a69db77e1..27c09e5829 100644
--- a/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
+++ b/docs/usage/configuration-options.md
@@ -299,15 +299,15 @@ If you truly need to configure this then it probably means either:
## branchNameStrict
-By default, Renovate doesn't care about special characters when slugifying the branch name.
-This means that special characters like `.` may end up in the branch name.
-
-When you set `branchNameStrict` to `true`:
+By default, Renovate removes special characters when slugifying the branch name:
- all special characters are removed
- only alphabetic characters are allowed
- hyphens `-` are used to separate sections
+To revert this behavior to that used in v32 and before, set this value to `false`.
+This will mean that special characters like `.` may end up in the branch name.
+
## branchPrefix
You can modify this field if you want to change the prefix used.
diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index 71413beedc..3db6cf1157 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -2412,7 +2412,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
name: 'branchNameStrict',
description: `Whether to be strict about the use of special characters within the branch name.`,
type: 'boolean',
- default: false,
+ default: true,
},
];
--
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