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ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md: remove retired template - #24459

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GitHub stopped reading single-file issue templates on 30 March 2025 (https://github.blog/changelog/2025-02-18-github-issues-projects-february-18th-update/), so .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md is never shown. It only asks people to use the forms in .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/, which GitHub already shows when opening an issue, so remove it.

Noticed while adding generic templates to repositories without them in Homebrew/.github#507.


  • Have you followed our Contributing guidelines?
  • Have you checked for other open Pull Requests for the same change?
  • Have you explained what your changes do? Performance claims (e.g. "this is faster") must include brew benchmark results.
  • Have you explained why you'd like these changes included, not just what they do?
  • For bug fixes, have you given step-by-step brew commands to reproduce the bug?
  • Have you written new tests (excluding integration tests)? Here's an example.
  • Have you successfully run brew lgtm (style, typechecking and tests) locally?

  • I did not use AI/LLM to create this PR, or I disclosed the tool/model below and reviewed its output; I did not attribute commits to AI and will answer maintainer questions and review comments myself without AI/LLM.

I used Claude Code (Claude Opus 5.5) to find this leftover file across Homebrew's repositories and remove it. Claude checked that nothing else in the repository refers to it and ran brew lgtm.


- GitHub stopped reading single-file issue templates on 30 March 2025,
  so this file is never shown. The forms in `.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/`
  already cover what it asked for.
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    • Removed the issue template that directed people to the issue chooser and warned that issues submitted without a template could be closed without comment. The repository no longer displays this guidance when someone starts a new issue.

The issue template was removed. It directed users to choose an issue template and stated that issues submitted without one would be closed without comment.

Changes: Issue submission guidance

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Remove issue template
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
The issue template and its submission guidance were removed.
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to ebe95

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Title check Passed The title "ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md: remove retired template" matches the changeset, which deletes .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md. It names the file and the action. It is concise and specific.
Description check Passed The description explains why the file is removed. It states that GitHub no longer reads single-file issue templates, so the file is never shown. It also states that the file only points users to the f…
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The description explains why the file is removed. It states that GitHub no longer reads single-file issue templates, so the file is never shown. It also states that the file only points users to the forms in .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/. It names the related repository pull request and lists the checks the author ran. This is directly related to the changeset.

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Good find!

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Thanks!

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@HaraldNordgren needs rebase on origin/main to pickup new CI jobs

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@HaraldNordgren ignore: someone tweaks jobs so they were incorrect, all good now.

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@MikeMcQuaid This is already rebased on latest master, but "cask audit" is stuck. I think we might need to change the required checks in the main rules from "cask audit" to "cask audit (Linux)" and "cask audit (macOS)".

Edit: I posted this before I saw your comment here: #24459 (comment)

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