From 8119b314826b95ccf0a3860d0aa94471ed7eea95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 03:12:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove empty JSON files from root directory and update
 instructions

Co-authored-by: collinbarrett <6483057+collinbarrett@users.noreply.github.com>
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 .github/copilot-instructions.md | 1 +
 Dependent.json                  | 0
 FilterList.json                 | 0
 FilterListLanguage.json         | 0
 FilterListMaintainer.json       | 0
 FilterListSyntax.json           | 0
 FilterListTag.json              | 0
 FilterListViewUrl.json          | 0
 Fork.json                       | 0
 Language.json                   | 0
 License.json                    | 0
 Maintainer.json                 | 0
 Merge.json                      | 0
 Software.json                   | 0
 SoftwareSyntax.json             | 0
 Syntax.json                     | 0
 Tag.json                        | 0
 17 files changed, 1 insertion(+)
 delete mode 100644 Dependent.json
 delete mode 100644 FilterList.json
 delete mode 100644 FilterListLanguage.json
 delete mode 100644 FilterListMaintainer.json
 delete mode 100644 FilterListSyntax.json
 delete mode 100644 FilterListTag.json
 delete mode 100644 FilterListViewUrl.json
 delete mode 100644 Fork.json
 delete mode 100644 Language.json
 delete mode 100644 License.json
 delete mode 100644 Maintainer.json
 delete mode 100644 Merge.json
 delete mode 100644 Software.json
 delete mode 100644 SoftwareSyntax.json
 delete mode 100644 Syntax.json
 delete mode 100644 Tag.json

diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
index 039f91e71..ba0f1e7c8 100644
--- a/.github/copilot-instructions.md
+++ b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
@@ -196,3 +196,4 @@ API containerized with multi-stage build. Database runs in Docker volume with pe
 - **Aspire orchestration**: Always start development via `FilterLists.AppHost`
 - **Unique naming**: All FilterList names must be unique and in title case
 - **No build artifacts**: Never commit build artifacts like `dotnet-install.sh`, `node_modules`, `dist`, or other generated files
+- **⚠️ JSON File Location**: NEVER create or modify JSON data files in the repository root directory. All JSON data files MUST be in `services/Directory/data/` only. The root directory should only contain `global.json` (a .NET SDK configuration file)
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