feat(typespec-autorest): add `skip-example-copying` emitter option and `examples-dir` version interpolation by Copilot · Pull Request #4190 · Azure/typespec-azure

Copilot · 2026-04-03T05:15:23Z

When enabled, the emitter will not copy example files to the output directory. Instead, it will reference the source example files using relative file paths from the output location. Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/Azure/typespec-azure/sessions/5966f0f4-258b-41b9-9753-b3b16cb262f3 Co-authored-by: markcowl <1054056+markcowl@users.noreply.github.com>

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add a changeset for this feature
Add an additional test that verifies correct example example references and no copying in a versioned spec.

Make sure all tests are passing and all files are correctly formatted and that your branch is up to date with main and has no merge issues

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Copilot · 2026-04-03T05:34:33Z

add a changeset for this feature

Add an additional test that verifies correct example example references and no copying in a versioned spec.
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Added in 9e3df9b:

Changeset at .chronus/changes/skip-example-copying-2026-04-03-05-20-45.md (changeKind: feature)
New versioned spec test that verifies correct relative $ref paths for both v1 and v2 outputs (../../../examples/v1/getPet.json and ../../../examples/v2/getPet.json) and asserts that no example files are copied to either version's output directory

All 468 tests pass, files are formatted, and branch is up to date with main.

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Added skip-example-copying emitter option. When enabled, example files are not copied to the output directory and x-ms-examples $ref values point directly to the source example files via relative paths.

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markcowl · 2026-04-03T21:34:31Z

@copilot Please pull the latest from main, ensure there are no merge issues, and ensure that all files are correctly formatting (this PR is currently failing the format check (pnpm format)

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Copilot · 2026-04-03T21:48:36Z

@copilot Please pull the latest from main, ensure there are no merge issues, and ensure that all files are correctly formatting (this PR is currently failing the format check (pnpm format)

Branch is up to date with main (no merge issues). Fixed the formatting issue in b520b3f — pnpm format had two spots in the test file where prettier wanted to collapse multi-line expressions onto single lines. All 468 tests continue to pass.

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Copilot · 2026-04-14T20:07:57Z

@copilot Please update the tsp init feeds for Azure (ARM and data-plane) located in /eng/feeds to use this setting by default, rebuild the feeds and ensure that tests pass. Also update this document:...

Done in 62c9e93 and 7fc6ab4:

Updated all tspconfig.yaml files in /eng/feeds (ARM, data-plane, ARM standalone, data-plane standalone, ARM canonical) to set skip-example-copying: true by default
Regenerated feed snapshots (__snapshots__/azure-arm, azure-arm_stand_alone, azure-core, azure-core_stand_alone)
Updated the x-ms-examples FAQ doc with a new "Recommended configuration" section showing how to enable skip-example-copying: true, and updated the OAV note to explain workflow when using the new setting
Branch is up to date with main, all 468 tests pass, formatting is clean

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timotheeguerin · 2026-04-17T16:42:48Z

    emitter-output-dir: "{project-root}"
    output-file: "{emitter-output-dir}/{version-status}/{version}/widget.json"
    arm-types-dir: "{project-root}/../../../../common-types/resource-management"
+    examples-dir: "{project-root}/examples"


this is not correct right? with v2 the examples would be here?

or you thinking that instead we don't copy down to the swagger?

I am thinking we don't copy into the swagger directory.

so they would be at examples/<version>/

But this is assuming that we have logical example checks in ci, if we are forcing them to be at a particular location, then we should conform. It's worth checking.

I think there is 2 issues with that:

Oav will generate I think in the wrong location so you'd still need to copy back

That will cause all refs to be udpated in the seagger when we migrate no?

markcowl

@copilot Pull the latest from main, then fix issues with e2e tests, ensure all tests pass and all fiels are correctly formatted

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Copilot · 2026-04-20T20:59:29Z

@copilot Pull the latest from main, then fix issues with e2e tests, ensure all tests pass and all fiels are correctly formatted

Pulled latest from main and fixed the e2e test failures in b8664fb6. The issue was that skip-example-copying was included in the standalone tspconfig files, but since the published npm version of @azure-tools/typespec-autorest doesn't have this option yet, schema validation failed when the standalone templates ran tsp compile. Removed skip-example-copying from the standalone configs while keeping examples-dir (which is already published). All 468 tests pass and formatting is clean.

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@copliot There is a slight change of plan for this PR. instead of examples remaining in the source typespec examples folder, they will be in the examples folder under the versioned output folder.

So, examples-dir would be {emitter-output-dir}/{version-status}/{version}/examples for examples associated with a particular version.

Update thetests to validate that versioned examples are properly picked up and x-ms-examples references are added to the appropriate operation in each version, and have the correct relative path.

Then make any adjustments to the implementation to make these tests pass.

When finished, ensure that all tests pass, all samples rebuild cleanly, all files are correclty formatted. Pull the latest from main and ensure that only changes associated with this PR are in the PR diff.

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Copilot · 2026-05-11T20:24:50Z

@copliot There is a slight change of plan for this PR. instead of examples remaining in the source typespec examples folder, they will be in the examples folder under the versioned output folder.

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Implemented in 7e3f198:

Added resolveExampleDir helper in openapi.ts that supports {version-status} and {version} interpolation in examples-dir. When these variables are present, the path is interpolated directly rather than appending the version as a subdirectory.
Updated versioned test: examples placed at {emitter-output-dir}/stable/{version}/examples/, with $ref values of examples/getPet.json (relative to swagger file). Each version has unique titles to verify correct version matching.
Updated non-standalone feed configs to use examples-dir: "{emitter-output-dir}/{version-status}/{version}/examples" with skip-example-copying: true. Standalone configs use {project-root}/examples since the new options aren't in the published npm package yet.
Rebuilt feed snapshots and updated x-ms-examples FAQ doc with new recommended configuration.
Merged latest main, all 475 tests pass, formatting is clean.

markcowl

Pull the latest from main , make the suggested changes, add the suggested tests and ensure that all tests pass. Ensure that all files are formatted correctly and the PR diff contains only changes associated with this PR

markcowl · 2026-05-12T01:33:49Z

 options:
  "@azure-tools/typespec-autorest":
    output-file: "data-plane/{service-name}/{version-status}/{version}/openapi.json"
+    examples-dir: "{project-root}/examples"


snapshots need to be updated

Regenerated snapshots in ff2350d — they're identical to the previous commit since the feed tspconfig sources haven't changed.

markcowl · 2026-05-12T01:41:00Z

+        JSON.stringify({ operationId: "Pets_get", title: "Get a pet v2" }),
+      );
+
+      const [{ outputs }, diagnostics] = await tester.compileAndDiagnose(


need to add tests where

interpolated configuration {emitter-output-dir}/{version-status}/{version}/examples is used for example dir and

examples are added in directories for two different versions and the emitted x-ms-examples for the associated operations have correct relative path to the appropriate example

examples are added in sub-directories of the versioned directory and still picked up and used correctly in x-ms-examples

Added both tests in ff2350d:

Multi-version interpolated examples-dir: Test with {emitter-output-dir}/{version-status}/{version}/examples config, v1 and v2 each with different examples (v1: getPet + listPets, v2: getPet + deletePet). Verifies each version's operations get correct $ref: "examples/..." relative paths, and v2-only operation (delete) only appears in v2 output.

Sub-directory examples: Examples placed in examples/pets/getPet.json and examples/pets/listPets.json under the versioned output folder. Verifies sub-directory structure is preserved in $ref paths (examples/pets/getPet.json).

All 477 tests pass.

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Copilot · 2026-05-12T01:51:57Z

Pull the latest from main , make the suggested changes, add the suggested tests and ensure that all tests pass. Ensure that all files are formatted correctly and the PR diff contains only changes as...

Done in ff2350d. Pulled latest from main (already up to date), added the two requested tests (multi-version interpolated examples-dir + sub-directory examples), verified snapshots are current, all 477 tests pass, formatting is clean.

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