From cd16c596808069d01c786831cd2c428080266fcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "K. Adam White" <kadamwhite@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:03:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Exclude @wordpress/scripts-generated *.asset.php files
 from certain rules

---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 4 ++++
 HM/ruleset.xml | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41718999..69d4f94d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 <!-- When submitting a PR for a feature, add the appropriate prerelease heading here
 and fill in the contents as you go. This simplifies later release management. -->
 
+## 2.3.0
+
+- Exempt wp-scripts-generated `*.asset.php` manifests under `build/` and `dist/` from the file-name and file-doc-comment rules
+
 ## 2.2.1
 
 - Do not flag get_block_wrapper_attributes as an escaping risk, this is a false positive as function escapes internally #340
diff --git a/HM/ruleset.xml b/HM/ruleset.xml
index 11c980d0..b4904fe5 100644
--- a/HM/ruleset.xml
+++ b/HM/ruleset.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@
 		</properties>
 	</rule>
 
+	<!-- Exempt wp-scripts-generated asset manifests from unnecessary rules. -->
+	<rule ref="WordPress.Files.FileName.NotHyphenatedLowercase">
+		<exclude-pattern>*/(build|dist)/*\.asset\.php$</exclude-pattern>
+	</rule>
+	<rule ref="Squiz.Commenting.FileComment.Missing">
+		<exclude-pattern>*/(build|dist)/*\.asset\.php$</exclude-pattern>
+	</rule>
+
 	<!--
 	Restore the ability to have multiple arguments per line
 

From 1cf122a8f1552617e66c4d5a592bf5cf8f3d94a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "K. Adam White" <kadamwhite@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:11:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Actually, let's just exempt asset.php files from all
 rules

By rights these paths should already be phpcs-ignored per project, this
makes that behavior more default
---
 CHANGELOG.md   |  2 +-
 HM/ruleset.xml | 10 ++--------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69d4f94d..92deefc1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ and fill in the contents as you go. This simplifies later release management. --
 
 ## 2.3.0
 
-- Exempt wp-scripts-generated `*.asset.php` manifests under `build/` and `dist/` from the file-name and file-doc-comment rules
+- Exempt wp-scripts-generated `*.asset.php` manifests under `build/` and `dist/` from stylistic sniffs
 
 ## 2.2.1
 
diff --git a/HM/ruleset.xml b/HM/ruleset.xml
index b4904fe5..626e25a6 100644
--- a/HM/ruleset.xml
+++ b/HM/ruleset.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 	<exclude-pattern>node_modules/*</exclude-pattern>
 	<exclude-pattern>vendor/*</exclude-pattern>
+	<!-- Exempt wp-scripts-generated asset manifests from stylistic rules. -->
+	<exclude-pattern>*/(build|dist)/*\.asset\.php$</exclude-pattern>
 
 	<arg name="extensions" value="php" />
 
@@ -108,14 +110,6 @@
 		</properties>
 	</rule>
 
-	<!-- Exempt wp-scripts-generated asset manifests from unnecessary rules. -->
-	<rule ref="WordPress.Files.FileName.NotHyphenatedLowercase">
-		<exclude-pattern>*/(build|dist)/*\.asset\.php$</exclude-pattern>
-	</rule>
-	<rule ref="Squiz.Commenting.FileComment.Missing">
-		<exclude-pattern>*/(build|dist)/*\.asset\.php$</exclude-pattern>
-	</rule>
-
 	<!--
 	Restore the ability to have multiple arguments per line
 

From 21c39e51ba22f6ab962b6e3e7bfd1858201f6228 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "K. Adam White" <kadamwhite@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:57:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Exclude build directories entirely, per code review
 feedback

---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 2 +-
 HM/ruleset.xml | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92deefc1..ebc83d42 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ and fill in the contents as you go. This simplifies later release management. --
 
 ## 2.3.0
 
-- Exempt wp-scripts-generated `*.asset.php` manifests under `build/` and `dist/` from stylistic sniffs
+- Do not lint PHP within `build/` and `dist/` build directories
 
 ## 2.2.1
 
diff --git a/HM/ruleset.xml b/HM/ruleset.xml
index 626e25a6..bfc6a0e8 100644
--- a/HM/ruleset.xml
+++ b/HM/ruleset.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 	<exclude-pattern>node_modules/*</exclude-pattern>
 	<exclude-pattern>vendor/*</exclude-pattern>
-	<!-- Exempt wp-scripts-generated asset manifests from stylistic rules. -->
-	<exclude-pattern>*/(build|dist)/*\.asset\.php$</exclude-pattern>
+	<!-- Exempt common build directories from stylistic rules. -->
+	<exclude-pattern>build/*</exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>dist/*</exclude-pattern>
 
 	<arg name="extensions" value="php" />