- Added a new "multiline" type to the padding‑line‑between‑statements rule.
- Updated and expanded documentation (removed outdated naming conventions, added examples for destructuring reassignment, GitHub PR/Issue templates, and clarified messageId and globals keys).
- Fixed a typo in the npm error message and refined unary operator spacing logic.
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Added handling for underflow without loss of precision and introduced checkConditionalExpressions to avoid unmodified loop conditions.
Fixed ASI hazard handling and false positives in various linting rules (e.g., no unused labels, getters, and unused vars).
Export ConfigObject from eslint/config to enable external usage.