Automattic / Automattic/harper

False positive: "new to xys" is flagged

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bug harper-core linting
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Description

**What got flagged?**
`For people new to Obsidian:` → Use `too` here to mean ‘also’ or an excessive degree. Harper: ToTwoToo

**Why is this incorrect?**
"new to" is correct, it should not be "too".

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported warning for “For people new to Obsidian:” and trace the Harper rule that emits the ToTwoToo diagnostic. Done means the phrase is accepted without this false positive while the rule’s intended errors remain detected; the issue does not name a file or test to run.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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