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This commit adds four detailed documentation files analyzing the
current state of the RetDec codebase and providing a complete
modernization and feature enhancement roadmap:

- ANALYSIS_SUMMARY.md: Executive overview with health scores,
  quantitative metrics, and top 10 priority actions
- DEPENDENCY_ANALYSIS.md: Complete analysis of all third-party
  dependencies with versions, security assessment, and update
  recommendations
- MODERNIZATION_ROADMAP.md: Comprehensive 5-phase plan covering
  36 weeks of improvements including CI/CD, testing, security,
  C++ modernization, and new features
- QUICK_WINS_CHECKLIST.md: 30-day action plan with 15 high-impact,
  low-effort improvements to implement immediately

Key findings:
- Overall codebase health: 7.5/10 (good foundation)
- Modern C++17 with 97.9% documentation coverage
- Critical needs: code coverage tracking, dependency updates,
  support package rebuild (5+ years old)
- Recommended timeline: 6-12 months for full modernization

These documents provide a clear path forward for revitalizing
the RetDec project after 3 years of limited maintenance.
This commit implements comprehensive Phase 1 improvements from the
modernization roadmap, establishing foundation for code quality,
security, and developer experience.

## CI/CD Cleanup & Improvements

- Remove outdated Travis CI configuration (.travis.yml)
- Update CI OS versions:
  - macOS-11 → macOS-13
  - Windows-2019 → Windows-2022
  - Ubuntu-22.04 (kept, LTS until 2027)
- Remove Travis CI badge from README.md

## Code Quality Automation

- Add clang-format enforcement workflow (code-quality.yml)
  - Checks C++ formatting on all PRs
  - Provides clear fix instructions
- Add clang-tidy configuration (.clang-tidy)
  - Enables bugprone, modernize, performance checks
  - Configured for RetDec's C++17 codebase
  - Respects existing naming conventions
- Add static analysis workflow (static-analysis.yml)
  - Runs clang-tidy on changed files in PRs
  - Generates analysis reports as artifacts

## Security Enhancements

- Enable CodeQL security scanning (codeql.yml)
  - Weekly automated scans
  - Security-extended query set
  - Scans on all PRs and pushes to master
- Add Dependabot configuration (dependabot.yml)
  - Weekly checks for GitHub Actions updates
  - Automatic PR creation for updates
- Enhance SECURITY.md with comprehensive policy
  - Response time commitments
  - Severity level definitions
  - Security best practices for users
  - Binary analysis risk guidelines
  - Dependency security information

## Developer Experience

- Create comprehensive CONTRIBUTING.md
  - Development workflow guidelines
  - C++17 code style documentation
  - Testing requirements and examples
  - Pull request process
  - Commit message guidelines
  - Building and testing instructions
- Add pull request template
  - Structured checklist for contributors
  - Type of change selection
  - Testing verification steps
  - Documentation requirements

## Code Coverage

- Add code coverage workflow (coverage.yml)
  - Builds with gcov/lcov instrumentation
  - Runs unit tests and generates reports
  - Uploads to Codecov for tracking
  - Generates HTML reports as artifacts
  - Adds coverage summary to PR comments
- Add codecov badge to README.md

## Impact

These changes establish:
✓ Automated code quality checks
✓ Security vulnerability scanning
✓ Code coverage tracking (visibility)
✓ Clear contribution guidelines
✓ Modern CI/CD infrastructure
✓ Dependency update automation

## Next Steps

Phase 2 will focus on:
- Expanding test coverage (target 60%+)
- Adding integration tests
- Establishing quality gates
- Performance benchmarking

Related documents:
- MODERNIZATION_ROADMAP.md
- ANALYSIS_SUMMARY.md
- QUICK_WINS_CHECKLIST.md
@BurtTheCoder BurtTheCoder deleted the claude/retdec-work-011CUk3FzL5cJZTi9VpYyKnK branch November 3, 2025 01:29
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