Align documentation with action.yml implementation and add marketplace best practices

[Copilot]

Documentation Update Plan

• 1. Analyze discrepancies between action.yml and documentation
• 2. Update README.md to match actual action.yml inputs (remove non-existent inputs)
• 3. Fix CONTRIBUTING.md references (change "Linting" to "Testing", fix clone path)
• 4. Create SECURITY.md file (GitHub Marketplace best practice)
• 5. Create .markdownlint.json configuration file
• 6. Update CHANGELOG.md with proper structure and document all changes
• 7. Update USAGE.md and QUICK_START.md to match actual functionality
• 8. Run markdown linter on all .md files
• 9. Fix all linting issues found
• 10. Validate all changes with markdownlint
• 11. Address all code review feedback
• 12. Final table alignment fixes
• 13. Fix misleading "automatic detection" language in documentation
• 14. Fix inaccurate requirements installation description
• 15. Address bot review comments: clarify requirements behavior and fix changelog duplicates

Summary of Changes

Documentation Accuracy

• ✅ Updated README.md to accurately reflect the actual inputs defined in action.yml
• ✅ Fixed README.md description from "automatically detect and run Python testing frameworks" to "run Python tests using pytest"
• ✅ Fixed README.md table formatting (removed space breaking table structure)
• ✅ Fixed USAGE.md line 30 from "automatically detect and run your testing frameworks" to "install pytest and run your tests"
• ✅ Updated IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md to accurately reflect pytest-only implementation
• ✅ Improved IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md workflow step 3 to clarify requirements installation behavior with warning for missing files
• ✅ Fixed CHANGELOG.md duplicate version entries - distinguished 1.0.1 as "Patch release with documentation improvements"
• ✅ Removed documentation for non-existent inputs (unittest-options, nose-options, behave-options, tox-options, generate-badges, update-readme, readme-path, badge-style)
• ✅ Updated feature list to reflect pytest-only support
• ✅ Fixed input table to match actual action.yml: python-version, requirements-file, pytest-options, commit-badges, badges-directory

New Files (GitHub Marketplace Best Practices)

• ✅ Added SECURITY.md (3,786 bytes) with comprehensive security policy
• ✅ Added .markdownlint.json configuration for consistent markdown formatting

Fixed Issues

• ✅ Fixed CONTRIBUTING.md header from "Python Linting Action" to "Python Testing Action"
• ✅ Fixed clone path in CONTRIBUTING.md from "python-linting" to "python-testing"
• ✅ Updated USAGE.md to remove references to non-existent frameworks and inputs
• ✅ Updated QUICK_START.md to reflect actual badge workflow
• ✅ Properly formatted CHANGELOG.md with all documentation changes documented
• ✅ Fixed all table alignment issues in README.md
• ✅ Corrected misleading automatic framework detection claims throughout documentation
• ✅ Fixed inaccurate requirements installation workflow description

Quality Assurance

• ✅ All markdown files pass markdownlint validation
• ✅ action.yml validated as correct YAML
• ✅ All code review feedback addressed (user and bot)
• ✅ Documentation accurately reflects action.yml implementation

Original prompt

Update documentation based on action.yml and github workflows. Add anything other documentation files or .md files that would be consistent with GitHub marketplace community best practices. Make sure to include details about these changes in CHANGELOG.md. Double check all changes with markdown linters or any other tools that seem neccassary to create good documentation formatted files.

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[thoughtparametersllc]

@copilot Change this line because this action does't not automatically detect and run your testing frameworks but assumes you have pytest setup in your code in the directory structure.

[Copilot]

Fixed in commit 7635657. Changed line 30 from "The action will automatically detect and run your testing frameworks" to "The action will install pytest and run your tests".

Also updated similar misleading language in:

• README.md: Changed description from "automatically detect and run Python testing frameworks" to "run Python tests using pytest"
• IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md: Completely revised to accurately reflect pytest-only implementation

[thoughtparametersllc]

Looks good overall. Will consider this good enough to merge.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR comprehensively updates the documentation to accurately reflect the actual implementation in action.yml. The primary focus is correcting misleading descriptions about "automatic framework detection" and aligning all documentation with the pytest-only implementation currently in action.yml.

Key Changes

• Corrected all references from "automatically detect and run Python testing frameworks" to accurately describe pytest-only implementation
• Added SECURITY.md file following GitHub Marketplace best practices
• Removed documentation for non-existent inputs (unittest-options, nose-options, behave-options, tox-options, generate-badges, update-readme, readme-path, badge-style)
• Fixed inconsistent naming and paths in CONTRIBUTING.md

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 8 out of 8 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
SECURITY.md	New comprehensive security policy file with vulnerability reporting guidelines and security best practices
.markdownlint.json	New markdown linting configuration for consistent documentation formatting
README.md	Updated to accurately reflect pytest-only implementation, corrected input table, removed references to non-existent frameworks and inputs
CONTRIBUTING.md	Fixed project name from "Python Linting Action" to "Python Testing Action" and corrected clone path
CHANGELOG.md	Restructured with proper versioning and documented all documentation changes in Unreleased section
.github/USAGE.md	Removed sections about non-existent frameworks (unittest, nose2, behave, tox, doctest) and updated to reflect pytest-only implementation
.github/QUICK_START.md	Updated to reflect actual badge workflow requiring manual insertion and removed references to automatic framework detection
.github/IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md	Updated to accurately reflect pytest-only implementation, removed sections about framework detection logic for non-existent frameworks

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[Copilot]

The description of requirements installation behavior is inaccurate. According to action.yml lines 53-63, the action checks if the requirements file exists and only installs if it exists. It doesn't install "packages from requirements file if the file exists" unconditionally - it first checks if the file exists, and if the file path is specified but the file doesn't exist, it logs a warning but continues. The current description should clarify that requirements are only installed when the file exists at the specified path.

Suggested change

	3. **Install Requirements** - Installs packages from requirements file if the file exists
	3. **Install Requirements** - Optionally installs packages from a specified requirements file if it exists; if a path is provided but the file is missing, logs a warning and continues without installing

[Copilot]

The version sections 1.0.1 and 1.0.0 both have the same description "Initial release with pytest support", which is inconsistent. Typically, 1.0.0 would be the initial release and 1.0.1 would be a patch release with specific changes. Consider either removing the duplicate entry or providing distinct descriptions for each version to clarify what differentiates 1.0.1 from 1.0.0.

[Copilot]

The table structure has a formatting issue. Line 19 shows "|------------|------------------------------------| --------------------------------------|" with a space breaking the table structure before the last column separator. This should be "||------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|" (all pipes connected without spaces) to maintain proper markdown table formatting.

Suggested change

	|------------|------------------------------------| --------------------------------------|
	|------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

[thoughtparametersllc]

@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread

[Copilot]

@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread

Applied all bot review feedback in commit fa8d962:

1. IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md line 59: Clarified requirements installation behavior - now states it logs a warning and continues if file is missing
2. CHANGELOG.md lines 37-39: Changed 1.0.1 description from duplicate "Initial release with pytest support" to "Patch release with documentation improvements"
3. README.md line 19: Fixed table formatting (space issue was already resolved in previous commits, table now passes linting)