Archive repository: developer docs have moved to mattermost/mattermost/docs/develop

[esarafianou]

Summary

This repository is being archived. The Mattermost developer documentation has been consolidated into the main Mattermost repository.

New location: https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/tree/master/docs/develop

This PR adds a prominent archive notice at the top of the README directing contributors and readers to the new location.

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Newest code from mattermost has been published to preview environment for Git SHA 066d79b

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The README now states that this repository is archived and directs documentation, issue, and pull request activity to the Mattermost repository.

Changes

Documentation archive

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Archive notice README.md	Adds the archive status, the Mattermost documentation URL, and instructions for issues and pull requests.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 066d7

The README update clearly directs contributors to the new documentation location and presents no merge-blocking risk.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the repository archive and the move of developer documentation to the Mattermost repository.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the repository archive, the documentation move, and the README notice added by this pull request.

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch archive-repo-readme

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