code-size-policy.json

{
  "maxLines": 500,
  "watchLines": 300,
  "exceptions": [
    {
      "path": ".github/workflows/release.yml",
      "reason": "The release workflow is one dependency-ordered packaging, signing, validation, and publication pipeline whose platform jobs share artifact contracts.",
      "splitCost": "Extracting jobs without a proven responsibility seam would move coupling into reusable-workflow inputs and obscure permissions, conditions, and artifact provenance.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-20",
      "reviewTrigger": "Review when a packaging platform gains an independent release cadence or the workflow adds another separately invocable responsibility."
    }
  ],
  "excludedFiles": [
    {
      "path": "scripts/build_apt_repository.py",
      "reason": "Cohesive operational packaging script with tightly coupled repository metadata rendering.",
      "splitCost": "Separating renderers would duplicate or obscure the shared repository metadata and signing contract.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-13",
      "reviewTrigger": "Review when APT publishing or repository metadata responsibilities change."
    },
    {
      "path": "scripts/validate_linux_package_metadata.py",
      "reason": "Cohesive package-validation command whose parsers share one reporting and CLI contract.",
      "splitCost": "Separating parsers would weaken the single validation-report contract without creating an independent responsibility.",
      "reviewDate": "2026-10-13",
      "reviewTrigger": "Review when validation gains another package format or separate invocation surface."
    }
  ]
}