v0.37.0

Automattic/harperv0.37.0May 19, 2025by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

Adds Kotlin support for comments and refines several grammar rules to reduce false positives.

Key Highlights

Added Kotlin support in comments
Fixed 'apart' vs 'a part' confusion
Fixed 'take it personal' to 'personally'
Improved sentence capitalization to replace whole words

New Features

Kotlin comment support
Grammar fix for 'apart' vs 'a part'
Grammar fix for 'take it personal'
Sentence capitalization improvements

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* feat(comments): add Kotlin support by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1271
* fix: no longer prompt to change "new" to "knew" after possessives by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1293
* fix: 'a very' no longer flagged to change to 'Avery' by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1292
* fix: don't flag "can not" to join as a "compound noun" by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1287
* build(deps): bump criterion from 0.5.1 to 0.6.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1288
* Dictionary curation 2025 05 16 by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1290
* feat: take it personal→take it personally by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1285
* feat: add "maximum amount" and "maximum number" to suggestions by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1291
* feat: correct mixing up "apart" and "a part" by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1284
* refactor: reduce false positive blacklist with new logic by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1282
* feat(core): make sentence capitalization replace whole word by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1295
* test(chrome-ext): e2e test for the Slate editor by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1281
* chore: sort and dedup lint group rules by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1296
* test(chrome-ext): fix underline positioning on GitHub textareas by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1297


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Automattic/harper/compare/v0.36.0...v0.37.0