The styles in the Microsoft directory are installed from the Microsoft style guide. The styles are used to test documentation before it's merged into Git. They are not distributed as part of any of our products. For the license information, see LICENSE.

Upgrading the Microsoft styles

To upgrade the Microsoft styles:

Download the latest release.
Unzip the archive over the vale-styles directory.
We use Semmle-customized versions of a few of these rules, check whether any of the following rules have changes:
- Headings.yaml
Update the Semmle version of the rule of the same name with those changes.
Commit your changes and test the new versions of the rules.
Open a pull request.