Add v7-to-v8 migration guide#287
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…docs table (#286) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Issue #286 surfaced a common upgrade pain point:
load()now preserves HCL string quotes by default, which silently changes dict values. This adds a dedicated migration guide covering all breaking changes between v7 and v8, ordered by likelihood of impact.Relates to #286
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docs/06_migrating_to_v8.mdcovering 10 breaking changes: string quoting, new metadata keys, signature changes, removed functions, return type changes, removed internals, new pipeline stages, CLI changes, and Python version dropV7_COMPATquick-reference snippet for users who want the old behaviorManual testing checklist
V7_COMPAToptions snippet produces v7-shaped output🤖 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) Claude Code