gfx-rs/wgpu

Detect odd characters in the `CHANGELOG` check

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#10,041 opened on Aug 11, 2026

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Changelog fails because I replaced one non-break space character with a normal whitespace. It likely was a typo originally and my IDE warns about all kinds of invisible or strange characters like that. I can roll it back if you'd really want me to.

Originally posted by @nazar-pc in https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/9953#issuecomment-5105843286

My take: We should be checking for characters like this in CI. There's no reason for "odd" whitespace characters in that document.

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Inspect the existing CI workflow for the CHANGELOG check, identify how it currently validates the file, and research methods to detect unusual whitespace characters such as non breaking spaces.
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