22.0.3

After a lengthy hiatus, this release updates the extreme-angular starter template to Angular 22! 🎉

Upgraded

• Angular 21.2 to 22.0.3 (CLI, build system, and compiler).
• Dev tooling to current major versions: ESLint 10, Stylelint 17, CSpell 10,
  lint-staged 17, Commitlint 21, and supporting plugins.
  • Keeps the project on supported, patched releases.
• Supported Node to the current LTS lines (22.22+, 24.15+, or 26).
  • .nvmrc is pinned to Node 26, and CI reads it automatically so local and
    pipeline environments match.
• CI actions to current majors: actions/checkout v4 to v7 and
  actions/setup-node v4 to v6.

Removed

• exactOptionalPropertyTypes.
  • Not part of Angular's --strict preset; it causes more friction with Angular
    and third-party types than the bugs it catches.
• noUnusedLocals and noUnusedParameters.
  • ESLint's @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars already reports the same issues.
  • Unlike the compiler options, it does not break ng build or ng serve when
    an import is briefly unused during refactoring.
  • Type safety remains strong through noUncheckedIndexedAccess.

Added

• Clearer README guidance on the pre-commit and pre-push hooks.
  • Explains their value for teams pushing to a remote that has no CI of its own.
• A Dependabot config (.github/dependabot.yml).
  • Keeps the GitHub Actions versions current automatically.