v0.9.7

0.9.7 - 2026-07-31

• TAG: v0.9.7
• COVERAGE: 92.66% -- 202/218 lines in 6 files
• BRANCH COVERAGE: 79.49% -- 62/78 branches in 6 files
• 42.55% documented

Added

• Documentation linting now has its generated yard-lint dependency and severity config available in the local bundle.

• kettle-jem-template-20260726-001 - Projects now include YARD lint
  configuration and documentation dependencies so documentation issues fail
  before generated docs are refreshed.

• kettle-jem-template-20260727-001 - Spec harness documentation now lists the
  RSpec helpers provided by kettle-test.

• kettle-jem-template-20260729-005 - Gemspec metadata now publishes this
  project's RubyForum tag as mailing_list_uri, and support docs link to the
  tagged RubyForum community alongside Discord.

Changed

• kettle-jem-template-20260716-001 - Shim gemspec manifests now include
  LICENSE.md instead of nonexistent LICENSE.txt.

• kettle-jem-template-20260716-002 - Generated gemspec manifests now ship fewer
  repository-only files by default to reduce downstream distro packaging churn.

• kettle-jem-template-20260720-001 - Generated READMEs can now render
  template-managed corporate sponsor logos from project or family config.

• kettle-jem-template-20260720-002 - Generated development Gemfiles now use the
  released tree_sitter_language_pack gem 1.13.3 or newer by default.

• kettle-jem-template-20260720-003 - Generated StructuredMerge Git diff driver
  config now uses the installed smorg-rb Ruby driver name.

• kettle-jem-template-20260720-004 - Generated multi-engine workflow files now
  omit JRuby and TruffleRuby jobs when project config declares MRI-only engines.

• kettle-jem-template-20260720-005 - Generated README Support & Community rows
  now include a RubyForum help badge.

• kettle-jem-template-20260725-001 - Generated JRuby and TruffleRuby workflow
  files now run when pull request head branches start with feature/release,
  so release CI monitoring does not report intentionally skipped engine
  workflows as failures.

• kettle-jem-template-20260725-002 - Generated gemspec templates now include
  anonymous_loader as a development dependency, and version specs use it to
  execute generated version.rb files for coverage without redefining package
  constants. Managed version specs are removed when version_gem is disabled
  or incompatible with the project's runtime Ruby floor.

• kettle-jem-template-20260728-001 - Generated Ruby workflows now use clearer
  setup-ruby-flash planning and can prepare appraisal-only jobs without
  installing the main Gemfile bundle.

Fixed

• Added coverage for YARD plugin loader and rake task integration paths so the
  suite meets release coverage thresholds.

• kettle-jem-template-20260726-002 - Generated version files now document their
  version namespace and constants, reducing warning-only YARD lint output.

• kettle-jem-template-20260726-003 - Coverage upload steps now treat Coveralls,
  QLTY, and Codecov as optional, so provider outages do not fail CI when local
  coverage thresholds still pass.

• kettle-jem-template-20260728-002 - Generated RuboCop configs now ignore the
  same gemfiles/vendor/bundle tree as .gitignore, so vendored dependency
  installs are not reported as project lint debt.

• kettle-jem-template-20260728-003 - Generated dep-heads workflows now run
  TruffleRuby jobs with current RubyGems and Bundler, avoiding setup failures
  before the test suite starts.

• kettle-jem-template-20260728-004 - Generated dep-heads workflows now use the
  setup-ruby Bundler install path for direct appraisal Gemfiles, avoiding rv
  lockfile parser failures on Git and path dependencies.

• kettle-jem-template-20260728-005 - VersionGem bootstrap now creates the
  missing canonical version spec when a project only has shim namespace version
  specs.

• kettle-jem-template-20260729-001 - Generated JRuby 9.4 workflows now use the
  legacy manual bundle install path, avoiding setup-time Bundler full-index
  failures against gem.coop.

• kettle-jem-template-20260729-002 - VersionGem bootstrap now preserves
  and templates dedicated version_gem.rb entrypoints even when the gemspec
  dependency is intentionally omitted, and generated anonymous-loader specs
  cover both version.rb and version_gem.rb.

• kettle-jem-template-20260729-003 - Old-Ruby gems below the VersionGem runtime
  floor now get managed minimal version.rb files and anonymous-loader version
  specs without adding version_gem.

• kettle-jem-template-20260730-001 - Gemspec package file enumeration now runs
  relative to the gemspec directory, so packaged template assets are included
  even when the gemspec is loaded from another working directory.

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