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PortToDocs changing many docs which aren't touched by intellisense input

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp

Research direction

Start by locating the PortToDocs entry point and reproduce the case where interface or inheritdoc documentation is copied despite not being in the IntelliSense input. Trace which members are selected for changes and verify that existing inheritdoc behavior remains delegated to the docs build. Done means unrelated members are no longer modified and interface implementations change only when inheritdoc is explicitly added.

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Description

It seems to be trying to copy the docs from the interface and/or inheritdoc target.

It shouldn't do this, since it duplicates the doc content. If a member has inheritdoc already the docs build will automatically copy the docs. If a member implements an interface then we can add inheritdoc to opt-in to this.

Dominant language
C#
Stars
14
Forks
21
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