Exclude changelog files from Vale checks (#1461)

Author: devalog

.github/workflows/vale.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
       - '.vale/**'
       - '.vale.ini'
+      - '!**/changelog/**'
 
 jobs:
   vale:

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ repos:
         entry: bash -c 'vale --config=.vale.ini "$@"; exit 0' --
         language: system
         files: \.(md|mdx)$
+        exclude: 'changelog/'
         pass_filenames: true
-        verbose: true
+        verbose: true

.vale/styles/FernStyles/Current.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+extends: existence
+message: "Avoid time-relative terms like '%s' that become outdated"
+level: warning
+ignorecase: true
+tokens:
+  - current
+  - currently
+  - presently
+  - as of now
+  - at this time
+  - present
+  - in the future
+  - future
+  - now
+  - today
+  - soon
+  - latest
+  - new
+  - upcoming
+  - old

.vale/styles/FernStyles/Please.yml

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ message: "Avoid using '%s' in technical documentation."
 level: warning
 ignorecase: true
 tokens:
-  - please # Instead of "Please refer to the documentation", say "Refer to the documentation"
+  - please