diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 53dc9eda31..deee01495b 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-Contributing
--------------
+# Contributing
 
 Thank you for your interest in contributing to PHP_CodeSniffer!
 
@@ -7,19 +6,19 @@ Thank you for your interest in contributing to PHP_CodeSniffer!
 ## Table of Contents
 
 * [Reporting Bugs](#reporting-bugs)
-   - [Reporting Security Issues](#reporting-security-issues)
-   - [Support/Questions About Using PHP_CodeSniffer](#supportquestions-about-using-php_codesniffer)
+    * [Reporting Security Issues](#reporting-security-issues)
+    * [Support/Questions About Using PHP_CodeSniffer](#supportquestions-about-using-php_codesniffer)
 * [Contributing Without Writing Code](#contributing-without-writing-code)
-   - [Bug Triage](#bug-triage)
-   - [Testing Open Pull Requests](#testing-open-pull-requests)
-   - [Writing sniff documentation](#writing-sniff-documentation)
-   - [Other tasks](#other-tasks)
+    * [Bug Triage](#bug-triage)
+    * [Testing Open Pull Requests](#testing-open-pull-requests)
+    * [Writing sniff documentation](#writing-sniff-documentation)
+    * [Other tasks](#other-tasks)
 * [Contributing With Code](#contributing-with-code)
-   - [Requesting/Submitting New Features](#requestingsubmitting-new-features)
-   - [Getting started](#getting-started)
-   - [While working on a patch](#while-working-on-a-patch)
-   - [Writing tests](#writing-tests)
-   - [Submitting your pull request](#submitting-your-pull-request)
+    * [Requesting/Submitting New Features](#requestingsubmitting-new-features)
+    * [Getting started](#getting-started)
+    * [While working on a patch](#while-working-on-a-patch)
+    * [Writing tests](#writing-tests)
+    * [Submitting your pull request](#submitting-your-pull-request)
 * [Licensing](#licensing)
 
 
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ This includes checking whether the bug is something which should be fixed in **_
 To find bugs which need triage, look for issues and PRs with the
 ["Status: triage"](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/labels/Status%3A%20triage) label.
 
-#### Typical bug triage tasks:
+#### Typical bug triage tasks
 * Verify whether the bug is reproducible with the given information.
 * Ask for additional information if it is not.
 * If you find the issue is reported to the wrong repo, ask the reporter to report it to the correct external standard repo
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ To get access to a PHPCS version which includes the patch from a pull request, y
     The PHAR files can be found on the summary page of the test workflow run for the PR.
     If the workflow has not been run (yet), the PHAR artifact may not be available (yet).
 
-#### Typical test tasks:
+#### Typical test tasks
 * Verify that the patch solves the originally reported problem.
 * Verify that the tests added in the PR fail without the fix and pass with the fix.
 * For a fix for false negatives: verify that the correct error message(s) are thrown by the patched code.
@@ -168,10 +167,11 @@ This is an open invitation for interested parties to gather their thoughts about
 > Kind request: If you don't have something to add to the discussion, but do want to indicate a positive or negative opinion
 > on a topic, please add an emoji on the original post instead of leaving a comment.
 
-> :bulb: On a subset of these issues - the ones which impact maintainers or integrators -, a list of known interested parties
-> will be pinged (cc-ed) to gather their thoughts on the topic.
->
-> This list is public and
+On a subset of these issues - the ones which impact maintainers or integrators -, a list of known interested parties
+will be pinged (cc-ed) to gather their thoughts on the topic.
+
+> [!TIP]
+> This cc-list list is public and
 > [maintained in a markdown file](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/.github/community-cc-list.md).
 >
 > To add or remove yourself to/from this list, submit a PR to the repo updating the `community-cc-list.md` file.
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ For example, for the sniff named `Generic.NamingConventions.ConstructorName`:
 * The sniff lives in the `src/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/NamingConventions/` directory.
 * The tests live in the `src/Standards/Generic/Tests/NamingConventions/` directory.
 * The tests consist of two files:
-    - `src/Standards/Generic/Tests/NamingConventions/ConstructorNameUnitTest.inc` which is the test _case_ file containing
+    * `src/Standards/Generic/Tests/NamingConventions/ConstructorNameUnitTest.inc` which is the test _case_ file containing
        code for the sniff to analyse.
-    - `src/Standards/Generic/Tests/NamingConventions/ConstructorNameUnitTest.php` which is the test file, containing two methods,
+    * `src/Standards/Generic/Tests/NamingConventions/ConstructorNameUnitTest.php` which is the test file, containing two methods,
         `getErrorList()` and `getWarningList()`, which should each return an array with as the keys the line number
         in the test _case_ file and as the values the number of errors or warnings which are expected on each line.
         Only lines on which errors/warnings are expected need to be included in the lists. All other lines will automatically
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ While not strictly required, it is greatly appreciated if you comply with the fo
 
 * Prefix the commit short description with a hint as to what code is touched in the commit.
     Example: If you have a bug fix for the `Squiz.WhiteSpace.OperatorSpacing` sniff, it is a good idea to prefix
-    the short description with `Squiz/OperatorSpacing: `.
+    the short description with `Squiz/OperatorSpacing:`.
     Another example: if your PR addresses an issue with the Filter classes, prefix the short description
     with `Filters:` or `Filters/FilterName:`.
     Doing so will:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index e474c86857..8968c32399 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ standard repository (not here).
 -->
 
 ## Describe the bug
+
 A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
 
 ### Code sample
 ```php
-echo "A short code snippet that can be used to reproduce the bug. Do NOT paste screenshots of code!";
+echo 'A short code snippet that can be used to reproduce the bug.';
+echo 'Do NOT paste screenshots of code!";
 ```
 
 ### Custom ruleset
@@ -39,27 +41,29 @@ Steps to reproduce the behavior:
 1. Create a file called `test.php` with the code sample above...
 2. Run `phpcs test.php ...`
 3. See error message displayed
-```
+```text
 PHPCS output here
 ```
 
 ## Expected behavior
+
 A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
 
 ## Versions (please complete the following information)
 
-| | |
-|-|-|
-| Operating System | [e.g., Windows 10, MacOS 10.15]
-| PHP version | [e.g., 7.2, 8.1]
-| PHP_CodeSniffer version | [e.g., 3.7.2, master]
-| Standard | [e.g., PSR2, PSR12, Squiz, custom]
-| Install type | [e.g. Composer (global/local), PHAR, git clone, other (please expand)]
+|                                       |                                                                                                           |
+|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------  |
+| Operating System           | [e.g., Windows 10, MacOS 10.15]                                                       |
+| PHP version                    | [e.g., 7.2, 8.1]                                                                                     |
+| PHP_CodeSniffer version | [e.g., 3.7.2, master]                                                                            |
+| Standard                         | [e.g., PSR2, PSR12, Squiz, custom]                                                      |
+| Install type                      | [e.g. Composer (global/local), PHAR, git clone, other (please expand)] |
 
 ## Additional context
+
 Add any other context about the problem here.
 
-## Please confirm:
+## Please confirm
 
 - [ ] I have searched the issue list and am not opening a duplicate issue.
 - [ ] I confirm that this bug is a bug in PHP_CodeSniffer and not in one of the external standards.
diff --git a/.github/community-cc-list.md b/.github/community-cc-list.md
index 8724c4b8f3..7764e26a53 100644
--- a/.github/community-cc-list.md
+++ b/.github/community-cc-list.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<!--
-PHP_CodeSniffer Community CC List
+# PHP_CodeSniffer Community CC List
 
+<!--
 This list will be used on select tickets to ping the wider PHP_CodeSniffer community for input.
 
 If you want to be on this list, feel free to submit a PR to add yourself.
diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 3dc577a2bf..3066aaa500 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Please target the `master` branch when submitting your pull request, unless your change **only** applies to PHPCS 4.x.
 -->
 
-## Description
+# Description
 <!--
 What do you want to achieve with this PR? Why did you write this code? What problem does this PR solve?
 Describe your changes in detail and, if relevant, explain which choices you have made and why.
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Fixes #
 - [ ] I grant the project the right to include and distribute the code under the BSD-3-Clause license (and I have the right to grant these rights).
 - [ ] I have added tests to cover my changes.
 - [ ] I have verified that the code complies with the projects coding standards.
-- [ ] [Required for new sniffs] I have added XML documentation for the sniff.
+- [ ] \[Required for new sniffs\] I have added XML documentation for the sniff.
 
 <!--
 ============================================================================================
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6705bfcd4..e1b5ec226c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Changelog
+
 The file documents changes to the PHP_CodeSniffer project.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ _Nothing yet._
     - PHIVE users may need to clear the PHIVE URL cache.
         - PHIVE users who don't use the package alias, but refer to the package URL, will need to update the URL from `https://squizlabs.github.io/PHP_CodeSniffer/phars/` to `https://phars.phpcodesniffer.com/phars/`.
     - Users who download the PHAR files using curl or wget, will need to update the download URL from `https://squizlabs.github.io/PHP_CodeSniffer/[phpcs|phpcbf].phar` or `https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSnifffer/releases/latest/download/[phpcs|phpcbf].phar` to `https://phars.phpcodesniffer.com/[phpcs|phpcbf].phar`.
-    - For users who install PHP_CodeSniffer via the [setup-php](https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php/) action runner for GitHub Actions, nothing changes.
+    - For users who install PHP_CodeSniffer via the [Setup-PHP](https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php/) action runner for GitHub Actions, nothing changes.
     - Users using a git clone will need to update the clone address from `git@github.com:squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer.git` to `git@github.com:PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer.git`.
         - Contributors will need to fork the new repo and add both the new fork as well as the new repo as remotes to their local git copy of PHP_CodeSniffer.
         - Users who have (valid) open issues or pull requests in the `squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer` repository are invited to resubmit these to the `PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer` repository.
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ _Nothing yet._
     - Thanks to [Atsushi Okui][@blue32a] for the patch
 - Support for PHPUnit 8 and 9 to the test suite
     - Test suites for external standards which run via the PHPCS native test suite can now run on PHPUnit 4-9 (was 4-7)
-    - If any of these tests use the PHPUnit `setUp()`/`tearDown()` methods or overload the `setUp()` in the `AbstractSniffUnitTest` test case, they will need to be adjusted. See the [PR details for further information](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/59/commits/26384ebfcc0b1c1651b0e1e40c9b6c8c22881832)
+    - If any of these tests use the PHPUnit `setUp()`/`tearDown()` methods or overload the `setUp()` in the `AbstractSniffUnitTest` test case, they will need to be adjusted. See the [PR details for further information](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/59/commits/bc302dd977877a22c5e60d42a2f6b7d9e9192dab)
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
 
 ### Changed
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ _Nothing yet._
     - Invalid sniff properties set for sniffs via inline annotations will result in an informative `Internal.PropertyDoesNotExist` errror on line 1 of the scanned file, but will not halt the execution of PHPCS
     - For sniff developers, it is strongly recommended for sniffs to explicitly declare any user-adjustable public properties
         - If dynamic properties need to be supported for a sniff, either declare the magic __set()/__get()/__isset()/__unset() methods on the sniff or let the sniff extend stdClass
-        - Note: The #[\AllowDynamicProperties] attribute will have no effect for properties which are being set in rulesets
+        - Note: The `#[\AllowDynamicProperties]` attribute will have no effect for properties which are being set in rulesets
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
 - The third parameter for the Ruleset::setSniffProperty() method has been changed to expect an array
     - Sniff developers/integrators of PHPCS may need to make some small adjustments to allow for this change
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ _Nothing yet._
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
 - Fixed bug [#3785][sq-3785] : Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment: potential "Uninitialized string offset 0" when a type contains a duplicate pipe symbol
     - Thanks to [Dan Wallis][@fredden] for the patch
-- Fixed bug [#3787][sq-3787] : PEAR/Squiz/[MultiLine]FunctionDeclaration: allow for PHP 8.1 new in initializers
+- Fixed bug [#3787][sq-3787] : `PEAR/Squiz/[MultiLine]FunctionDeclaration`: allow for PHP 8.1 new in initializers
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
 - Fixed bug [#3789][sq-3789] : Incorrect tokenization for ternary operator with `match` inside of it
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
@@ -465,6 +466,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-3913]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/3913
 
 ## [3.7.2] - 2023-02-23
+
 ### Changed
 - Newer versions of Composer will now suggest installing PHPCS using require-dev instead of require
     - Thanks to [Gary Jones][@GaryJones] for the patch
@@ -508,9 +510,10 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-3666]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/3666
 [sq-3668]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/3668
 [sq-3672]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/3672
-[sq-3694]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/3694 
+[sq-3694]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/3694
 
 ## [3.7.1] - 2022-06-18
+
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed bug [#3609][sq-3609] : Methods/constants with name empty/isset/unset are always reported as error
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
@@ -518,6 +521,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-3609]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/3609
 
 ## [3.7.0] - 2022-06-13
+
 ### Added
 - Added support for PHP 8.1 explicit octal notation
     - This new syntax has been backfilled for PHP versions less than 8.1
@@ -591,6 +595,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-3604]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/3604
 
 ## [3.6.2] - 2021-12-13
+
 ### Changed
 - Processing large code bases that use tab indenting inside comments and strings will now be faster
     - Thanks to [Thiemo Kreuz][@thiemowmde] for the patch
@@ -629,6 +634,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-3472]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/3472
 
 ## [3.6.1] - 2021-10-11
+
 ### Changed
 - PHPCS annotations can now be specified using hash-style comments
     - Previously, only slash-style and block-style comments could be used to do things like disable errors
@@ -729,6 +735,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-3445]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/3445
 
 ## [3.6.0] - 2021-04-09
+
 ### Added
 - Added support for PHP 8.0 union types
     - A new T_TYPE_UNION token is available to represent the pipe character
@@ -824,7 +831,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - The default remains at "private", so all methods are checked
     - Thanks to [Vincent Langlet][@VincentLanglet] for the patch
 - PEAR.Commenting.FunctionComment and Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment sniffs can now ignore return tags in any method
-    - Previously, only __construct and __destruct were ignored
+    - Previously, only `__construct()` and `__destruct()` were ignored
     - Set the list of method names to ignore in the "specialMethods" sniff property
     - The default remains at "__construct" and "__destruct" only
     - Thanks to [Vincent Langlet][@VincentLanglet] for the patch
@@ -904,11 +911,13 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-3284]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/3284
 
 ## [3.5.8] - 2020-10-23
+
 ### Removed
 - Reverted a change to the way include/exclude patterns are processed for STDIN content
     - This change is not backwards compatible and will be re-introduced in version 3.6.0
 
 ## [3.5.7] - 2020-10-23
+
 ### Added
 - The PHP 8.0 T_NULLSAFE_OBJECT_OPERATOR token has been made available for older versions
     - Existing sniffs that check for T_OBJECT_OPERATOR have been modified to apply the same rules for the nullsafe object operator
@@ -987,6 +996,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-3135]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/3135
 
 ## [3.5.6] - 2020-08-10
+
 ### Added
 - Added support for PHP 8.0 magic constant dereferencing
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
@@ -1032,6 +1042,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-3033]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/3033
 
 ## [3.5.5] - 2020-04-17
+
 ### Changed
 - The T_FN backfill now works more reliably so T_FN tokens only ever represent real arrow functions
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
@@ -1074,6 +1085,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-2895]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/2895
 
 ## [3.5.4] - 2020-01-31
+
 ### Changed
 - The PHP 7.4 numeric separator backfill now works correctly for more float formats
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
@@ -1151,6 +1163,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-2843]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/2843
 
 ## [3.5.3] - 2019-12-04
+
 ### Changed
 - The PHP 7.4 T_FN token has been made available for older versions
     - T_FN represents the fn string used for arrow functions
@@ -1218,6 +1231,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-2702]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/2702
 
 ## [3.5.2] - 2019-10-28
+
 ### Changed
 - Generic.ControlStructures.DisallowYodaConditions now returns less false positives
     - False positives were being returned for array comparisons, or when performing some function calls
@@ -1245,6 +1259,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-2673]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/2673
 
 ## [3.5.1] - 2019-10-17
+
 ### Changed
 - Very very verbose diff report output has slightly changed to improve readability
     - Output is printed when running PHPCS with the --report=diff and -vvv command line arguments
@@ -1289,6 +1304,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-2641]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/2641
 
 ## [3.5.0] - 2019-09-27
+
 ### Changed
 - The included PSR12 standard is now complete and ready to use
     - Check your code using PSR-12 by running PHPCS with --standard=PSR12
@@ -1359,7 +1375,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Added PSR12.Files.ImportStatement sniff
     - Enforces the formatting of import statements within a file
 - Added PSR12.Files.OpenTag sniff
-    - Enforces that the open tag is on a line by itself when used at the start of a php-only file
+    - Enforces that the open tag is on a line by itself when used at the start of a PHP-only file
 - Added PSR12.Functions.ReturnTypeDeclaration sniff
     - Enforces the formatting of return type declarations in functions and closures
 - Added PSR12.Properties.ConstantVisibility sniff
@@ -1483,6 +1499,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-2608]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/2608
 
 ## [3.4.2] - 2019-04-11
+
 ### Changed
 - Squiz.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration now has improved handling of syntax errors
 
@@ -1511,6 +1528,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-2467]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/2467
 
 ## [3.4.1] - 2019-03-19
+
 ### Changed
 - The PEAR installable version of PHPCS was missing some files, which have been re-included in this release
     - The code report was not previously available for PEAR installs
@@ -1605,6 +1623,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-2431]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/2431
 
 ## [3.4.0] - 2018-12-20
+
 ### Deprecated
 - The Generic.Formatting.NoSpaceAfterCast sniff has been deprecated and will be removed in version 4
     - The functionality of this sniff is now available in the Generic.Formatting.SpaceAfterCast sniff
@@ -1792,6 +1811,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-2297]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/2297
 
 ## [2.9.2] - 2018-11-08
+
 ### Changed
 - PHPCS should now run under PHP 7.3 without deprecation warnings
     - Thanks to [Nick Wilde][@NickDickinsonWilde] for the patch
@@ -1804,6 +1824,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed bug [#1890][sq-1890] : Incorrect Squiz.WhiteSpace.ControlStructureSpacing.NoLineAfterClose error between catch and finally statements
 
 ## [3.3.2] - 2018-09-24
+
 ### Changed
 - Fixed a problem where the report cache was not being cleared when the sniffs inside a standard were updated
 - The info report (--report=info) now has improved formatting for metrics that span multiple lines
@@ -1833,7 +1854,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
 - Fixed bug [#2127][sq-2127] : File::findExtendedClassName() doesn't support nested classes
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
-- Fixed bug [#2138][sq-2138] : Tokenizer detects wrong token for php ::class feature with spaces
+- Fixed bug [#2138][sq-2138] : Tokenizer detects wrong token for PHP ::class feature with spaces
 - Fixed bug [#2143][sq-2143] : PSR2.Namespaces.UseDeclaration does not properly fix "use function" and "use const" statements
     - Thanks to [Chris Wilkinson][@thewilkybarkid] for the patch
 - Fixed bug [#2144][sq-2144] : Squiz.Arrays.ArrayDeclaration does incorrect align calculation in array with cyrillic keys
@@ -1852,6 +1873,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-2151]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/2151
 
 ## [3.3.1] - 2018-07-27
+
 ### Removed
 - Support for HHVM has been dropped due to recent unfixed bugs and HHVM refocus on Hack only
     - Thanks to [Walt Sorensen][@photodude] and [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for helping to remove all HHVM exceptions from the core
@@ -1873,7 +1895,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
 - Generic.PHP.Syntax will now use PHP_BINARY instead of trying to discover the executable path
     - This ensures that the sniff will always syntax check files using the PHP version that PHPCS is running under
-    - Setting the php_path config var will still override this value as normal
+    - Setting the `php_path` config var will still override this value as normal
     - Thanks to [Willem Stuursma-Ruwen][@willemstuursma] for the patch
 - PSR2.Namespaces.UseDeclaration now supports commas at the end of group use declarations
     - Also improves checking and fixing for use statements containing parse errors
@@ -1924,6 +1946,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-2095]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/2095
 
 ## [3.3.0] - 2018-06-07
+
 ### Deprecated
 - The Squiz.WhiteSpace.LanguageConstructSpacing sniff has been deprecated and will be removed in version 4
     - The sniff has been moved to the Generic standard, with a new code of Generic.WhiteSpace.LanguageConstructSpacing
@@ -1990,8 +2013,8 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - A new "Closure opening brace placement" metric now shows information for closures
 - Multi-line T_YIELD_FROM statements are now replicated properly for older PHP versions
 - The PSR2 standard no longer produces 2 error messages when the AS keyword in a foreach loop is not lowercase
-- Specifying a path to a non-existent dir when using the --report-[reportType]=/path/to/report CLI option no longer throws an exception
-    - This now prints a readable error message, as it does when using --report-file
+- Specifying a path to a non-existent dir when using the `--report-[reportType]=/path/to/report` CLI option no longer throws an exception
+    - This now prints a readable error message, as it does when using `--report-file`
 - The File::getMethodParamaters() method now includes a type_hint_token array index in the return value
     - Provides the position in the token stack of the first token in the type hint
 - The File::getMethodProperties() method now includes a return_type_token array index in the return value
@@ -2157,6 +2180,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-2027]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/2027
 
 ## [3.2.3] - 2018-02-21
+
 ### Changed
 - The new phpcs: comment syntax can now be prefixed with an at symbol ( @phpcs: )
     - This restores the behaviour of the previous syntax where these comments are ignored by doc generators
@@ -2223,11 +2247,13 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1901]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/1901
 
 ## [3.2.2] - 2017-12-20
+
 ### Changed
 - Disabled STDIN detection on Windows
     - This fixes a problem with IDE plugins (e.g., PHPStorm) hanging on Windows
 
 ## [3.2.1] - 2017-12-18
+
 ### Changed
 - Empty diffs are no longer followed by a newline character (request [#1781][sq-1781])
 - Generic.Functions.OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchie no longer complains when the open brace is followed by a close tag
@@ -2243,6 +2269,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1782]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1782
 
 ## [3.2.0] - 2017-12-13
+
 ### Deprecated
 - This release deprecates the @codingStandards comment syntax used for sending commands to PHP_CodeSniffer
     - The existing syntax will continue to work in all version 3 releases, but will be removed in version 4
@@ -2358,7 +2385,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed bug [#1757][sq-1757] : Unknown type hint "object" in Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment
 - Fixed bug [#1758][sq-1758] : PHPCS gets stuck creating file list when processing circular symlinks
 - Fixed bug [#1761][sq-1761] : Generic.WhiteSpace.ScopeIndent error on multi-line function call with static closure argument
-- Fixed bug [#1762][sq-1762] : Generic.WhiteSpace.Disallow[Space/Tab]Indent not inspecting content before open tag
+- Fixed bug [#1762][sq-1762] : `Generic.WhiteSpace.Disallow[Space/Tab]Indent` not inspecting content before open tag
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
 - Fixed bug [#1769][sq-1769] : Custom "define" function triggers a warning about declaring new symbols
 - Fixed bug [#1776][sq-1776] : Squiz.Scope.StaticThisUsage incorrectly looking inside anon classes
@@ -2383,6 +2410,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1777]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1777
 
 ## [3.1.1] - 2017-10-17
+
 ### Changed
 - Restored preference of non-dist files over dist files for phpcs.xml and phpcs.xml.dist
     - The order that the files are searched is now: .phpcs.xml, phpcs.xml, .phpcs.xml.dist, phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -2424,13 +2452,14 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1702]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/1702
 
 ## [3.1.0] - 2017-09-20
+
 ### Changed
 - This release includes a change to support newer versions of PHPUnit (versions 4, 5, and 6 are now supported)
     - The custom PHP_CodeSniffer test runner now requires a bootstrap file
     - Developers with custom standards using the PHP_CodeSniffer test runner will need to do one of the following:
-      - run your unit tests from the PHP_CodeSniffer root dir so the bootstrap file is included
-      - specify the PHP_CodeSniffer bootstrap file on the command line: phpunit --bootstrap=/path/to/phpcs/tests/bootstrap.php
-      - require the PHP_CodeSniffer bootstrap file from your own bootstrap file
+        - run your unit tests from the PHP_CodeSniffer root dir so the bootstrap file is included
+        - specify the PHP_CodeSniffer bootstrap file on the command line: `phpunit --bootstrap=/path/to/phpcs/tests/bootstrap.php`
+        - require the PHP_CodeSniffer bootstrap file from your own bootstrap file
     - If you don't run PHP_CodeSniffer unit tests, this change will not affect you
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
 - A phpcs.xml or phpcs.xml.dist file now takes precedence over the default_standard config setting
@@ -2510,6 +2539,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1640]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/1640
 
 ## [3.0.2] - 2017-07-18
+
 ### Changed
 - The code report now gracefully handles tokenizer exceptions
 - The phpcs and phpcbf scripts are now the only places that exit() in the code
@@ -2554,6 +2584,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1560]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1560
 
 ## [3.0.1] - 2017-06-14
+
 ### Security
 - This release contains a fix for a security advisory related to the improper handling of a shell command
     - A properly crafted filename would allow for arbitrary code execution when using the --filter=gitmodified command line option
@@ -2592,7 +2623,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed a problem where excluding a message from a custom standard's own sniff would exclude the whole sniff
     - This caused some PSR2 errors to be under-reported
 - Fixed bug [#1442][sq-1442] : T_NULLABLE detection not working for nullable parameters and return type hints in some cases
-- Fixed bug [#1447][sq-1447] : Running the unit tests with a phpunit config file breaks the test suite
+- Fixed bug [#1447][sq-1447] : Running the unit tests with a PHPUnit config file breaks the test suite
     - Unknown arguments were not being handled correctly, but are now stored in $config->unknown
 - Fixed bug [#1449][sq-1449] : Generic.Classes.OpeningBraceSameLine doesn't detect comment before opening brace
     - Thanks to [Juliette Reinders Folmer][@jrfnl] for the patch
@@ -2619,6 +2650,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1504]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1504
 
 ## [2.9.1] - 2017-05-22
+
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed bug [#1442][sq-1442] : T_NULLABLE detection not working for nullable parameters and return type hints in some cases
 - Fixed bug [#1448][sq-1448] : Generic.Classes.OpeningBraceSameLine doesn't detect comment before opening brace
@@ -2628,6 +2660,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1448]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/pull/1448
 
 ## [3.0.0] - 2017-05-04
+
 ### Changed
 - Added an --ignore-annotations command line argument to ignore all @codingStandards annotations in code comments (request [#811][sq-811])
 - This allows you to force errors to be shown that would otherwise be ignored by code comments
@@ -2655,6 +2688,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1129]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1129
 
 ## [3.0.0RC4] - 2017-03-02
+
 ### Security
 - This release contains a fix for a security advisory related to the improper handling of shell commands
     - Uses of shell_exec() and exec() were not escaping filenames and configuration settings in most cases
@@ -2691,6 +2725,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1334]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1334
 
 ## [3.0.0RC3] - 2017-02-02
+
 ### Changed
 - Added support for ES6 class declarations
     - Previously, these class were tokenized as JS objects but are now tokenized as normal T_CLASS structures
@@ -2721,6 +2756,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1270]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1270
 
 ## [3.0.0RC2] - 2016-11-30
+
 ### Changed
 - Made the Runner class easier to use with wrapper scripts
 - Full usage information is no longer printed when a usage error is encountered (request [#1186][sq-1186])
@@ -2737,6 +2773,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1208]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1208
 
 ## [3.0.0RC1] - 2016-09-02
+
 ### Changed
 - Progress output now shows E and W in green when a file has fixable errors or warnings
     - Only supported if colors are enabled
@@ -2758,6 +2795,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-699]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/699
 
 ## [3.0.0a1] - 2016-07-20
+
 ### Changed
 - Min PHP version increased from 5.1.2 to 5.4.0
 - Added optional caching of results between runs (request [#530][sq-530])
@@ -2780,7 +2818,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - Use --report=code to generate this report
 - Added support for custom filtering of the file list
     - Developers can write their own filter classes to perform custom filtering of the list before the run starts
-    - Use the command line arg --filter=/path/to/filter.php to specify a filter to use
+    - Use the command line arg `--filter=/path/to/filter.php` to specify a filter to use
     - Extend \PHP_CodeSniffer\Filters\Filter to also support the core PHPCS extension and path filtering
     - Extend \PHP_CodeSniffer\Filters\ExactMatch to get the core filtering and the ability to use blacklists and whitelists
     - The included \PHP_CodeSniffer\Filters\GitModified filter is a good example of an ExactMatch filter
@@ -2845,6 +2883,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-930]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/930
 
 ## [2.9.0] - 2017-05-04
+
 ### Changed
 - Added Generic.Debug.ESLint sniff to run ESLint over JS files and report errors
     - Set eslint path using: phpcs --config-set eslint_path /path/to/eslint
@@ -2900,6 +2939,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1432]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1432
 
 ## [2.8.1] - 2017-03-02
+
 ### Security
 - This release contains a fix for a security advisory related to the improper handling of shell commands
     - Uses of shell_exec() and exec() were not escaping filenames and configuration settings in most cases
@@ -2953,6 +2993,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1369]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1369
 
 ## [2.8.0] - 2017-02-02
+
 ### Changed
 - The Internal.NoCodeFound error is no longer generated for content sourced from STDIN
     - This should stop some Git hooks generating errors because PHPCS is trying to process the refs passed on STDIN
@@ -3035,6 +3076,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1304]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1304
 
 ## [2.7.1] - 2016-11-30
+
 ### Changed
 - Squiz.ControlStructures.ControlSignature.SpaceAfterCloseParenthesis fix now removes unnecessary whitespace
 - Squiz.Formatting.OperatorBracket no longer errors for negative array indexes used within a function call
@@ -3087,6 +3129,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1224]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1224
 
 ## [2.7.0] - 2016-09-02
+
 ### Changed
 - Added --file-list command line argument to allow a list of files and directories to be specified in an external file
     - Useful if you have a generated list of files to check that would be too long for the command line
@@ -3136,11 +3179,11 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Improved the formatting of the end brace when auto fixing InlineControlStructure errors (request [#1121][sq-1121])
 - Generic.Functions.OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchie.BraceOnNewLine fix no longer leaves blank line after brace (request [#1085][sq-1085])
 - Generic UpperCaseConstantNameSniff now allows lowercase namespaces in constant definitions
-  - Thanks to [Daniel Schniepp][@dschniepp] for the patch
+    - Thanks to [Daniel Schniepp][@dschniepp] for the patch
 - Squiz DoubleQuoteUsageSniff is now more tolerant of syntax errors caused by mismatched string tokens
 - A few sniffs that produce errors based on the current PHP version can now be told to run using a specific PHP version
-    - Set the php_version config var using --config-set, --runtime-set, or in a ruleset to specify a specific PHP version
-    - The format of the PHP version is the same as the PHP_VERSION_ID constant (e.g., 50403 for version 5.4.3)
+    - Set the `php_version` config var using `--config-set`, `--runtime-set`, or in a ruleset to specify a specific PHP version
+    - The format of the PHP version is the same as the `PHP_VERSION_ID` constant (e.g., 50403 for version 5.4.3)
     - Supported sniffs are Generic.PHP.DisallowAlternativePHPTags, PSR1.Classes.ClassDeclaration, Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment
     - Thanks to [Finlay Beaton][@ofbeaton] for the patch
 
@@ -3148,7 +3191,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed bug [#985][sq-985] : Duplicate class definition detection generates false-positives in media queries
     - Thanks to [Raphael Horber][@rhorber] for the patch
 - Fixed bug [#1014][sq-1014] : Squiz VariableCommentSniff doesn't always detect a missing comment
-- Fixed bug [#1066][sq-1066] : Undefined index: quiet in CLI.php during unit test run with -v command line arg
+- Fixed bug [#1066][sq-1066] : Undefined index: quiet in `CLI.php` during unit test run with `-v` command line arg
 - Fixed bug [#1072][sq-1072] : Squiz.SelfMemberReference.NotUsed not detected if leading namespace separator is used
 - Fixed bug [#1089][sq-1089] : Rulesets cannot be loaded if the path contains urlencoded characters
 - Fixed bug [#1091][sq-1091] : PEAR and Squiz FunctionComment sniffs throw errors for some invalid @param line formats
@@ -3187,6 +3230,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1124]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1124
 
 ## [2.6.2] - 2016-07-14
+
 ### Changed
 - Added a new --exclude CLI argument to exclude a list of sniffs from checking and fixing (request [#904][sq-904])
     - Accepts the same sniff codes as the --sniffs command line argument, but provides the opposite functionality
@@ -3239,6 +3283,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-21050]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=21050
 
 ## [2.6.1] - 2016-05-31
+
 ### Changed
 - The PHP-supplied T_COALESCE token has been replicated for PHP versions before 7.0
 - Function return types of self, parent and callable are now tokenized as T_RETURN_TYPE
@@ -3288,6 +3333,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-1025]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/1025
 
 ## [2.6.0] - 2016-04-04
+
 ### Changed
 - Paths used when setting CLI arguments inside ruleset.xml files are now relative to the ruleset location (request [#847][sq-847])
     - This change only applies to paths within ARG tags, used to set CLI arguments
@@ -3306,7 +3352,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - Thanks to [Pieter Frenssen][@pfrenssen] for the patch
 - Improved detection of regular expressions in the JS tokenizer
 - Generic PHP Syntax sniff now uses PHP_BINARY (if available) to determine the path to PHP if no other path is available
-    - You can still manually set php_path to use a specific binary for testing
+    - You can still manually set `php_path` to use a specific binary for testing
     - Thanks to [Andrew Berry][@deviantintegral] for the patch
 - The PHP-supplied T_POW_EQUAL token has been replicated for PHP versions before 5.6
 - Added support for PHP7 use group declarations (request [#878][sq-878])
@@ -3377,6 +3423,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-938]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/938
 
 ## [2.5.1] - 2016-01-20
+
 ### Changed
 - The PHP-supplied T_SPACESHIP token has been replicated for PHP versions before 7.0
 - T_SPACESHIP is now correctly identified as an operator
@@ -3384,7 +3431,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Generic LowerCaseKeyword now ensures array type hints are lowercase as well
     - Thanks to [Mathieu Rochette][@mathroc] for the patch
 - Squiz ComparisonOperatorUsageSniff no longer hangs on JS FOR loops that don't use semicolons
-- PHP_CodesSniffer now includes the composer autoload.php file, if there is one
+- PHP_CodesSniffer now includes the composer `autoload.php` file, if there is one
     - Thanks to [Klaus Purer][@klausi] for the patch
 - Added error Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment.ScalarTypeHintMissing for PHP7 only (request [#858][sq-858])
     - These errors were previously reported as Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment.TypeHintMissing on PHP7
@@ -3450,6 +3497,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-21011]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=21011
 
 ## [2.5.0] - 2015-12-11
+
 ### Changed
 - PHPCS will now look for a phpcs.xml file in parent directories as well as the current directory (request [#626][sq-626])
 - PHPCS will now use a phpcs.xml file even if files are specified on the command line
@@ -3493,6 +3541,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-813]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/813
 
 ## [2.4.0] - 2015-11-24
+
 ### Changed
 - Added support for PHP 7 anonymous classes
     - Anonymous classes are now tokenized as T_ANON_CLASS and ignored by normal class sniffs
@@ -3577,6 +3626,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-782]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/782
 
 ## [2.3.4] - 2015-09-09
+
 ### Changed
 - JSON report format now includes the fixable status for each error message and the total number of fixable errors
 - Added more guard code for function declarations with syntax errors
@@ -3630,6 +3680,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-689]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/689
 
 ## [2.3.3] - 2015-06-24
+
 ### Changed
 - Improved the performance of the CSS tokenizer, especially on very large CSS files (thousands of lines)
     - Thanks to [Klaus Purer][@klausi] for the patch
@@ -3677,6 +3728,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-621]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/621
 
 ## [2.3.2] - 2015-04-29
+
 ### Changed
 - The error message for PSR2.ControlStructures.SwitchDeclaration.WrongOpenercase is now clearer (request [#579][sq-579])
 
@@ -3695,6 +3747,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-579]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/579
 
 ## [2.3.1] - 2015-04-23
+
 ### Changed
 - PHPCS can now exit with 0 even if errors are found
     - Set the ignore_errors_on_exit config variable to 1 to set this behaviour
@@ -3743,9 +3796,10 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-564]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/564
 
 ## [2.3.0] - 2015-03-04
+
 ### Changed
 - The existence of the main config file is now cached to reduce is_file() calls when it doesn't exist (request [#486][sq-486])
-- Abstract classes inside the Sniffs directory are now ignored even if they are named [Name]Sniff.php (request [#476][sq-476])
+- Abstract classes inside the Sniffs directory are now ignored even if they are named `[Name]Sniff.php` (request [#476][sq-476])
     - Thanks to [David Vernet][@Decave] for the patch
 - PEAR and Squiz FileComment sniffs no longer have @ in their error codes
     - e.g., PEAR.Commenting.FileComment.Duplicate@categoryTag becomes PEAR.Commenting.FileComment.DuplicateCategoryTag
@@ -3810,6 +3864,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-502]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/502
 
 ## [2.2.0] - 2015-01-22
+
 ### Changed
 - Added (hopefully) tastefully used colors to report and progress output for the phpcs command
     - Use the --colors command line argument to use colors in output
@@ -3901,6 +3956,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20482]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20482
 
 ## [2.1.0] - 2014-12-18
+
 ### Changed
 - Time and memory output is now shown if progress information is also shown (request [#335][sq-335])
 - A tilde can now be used to reference a user's home directory in a path to a standard (request [#353][sq-353])
@@ -3914,12 +3970,12 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Generic DisallowTabIndentSniff now replaces tabs everywhere it finds them, except in strings and here/now docs
 - Generic EmptyStatementSniff error codes now contain the type of empty statement detected (request [#314][sq-314])
     - All messages generated by this sniff are now errors (empty CATCH was previously a warning)
-    - Message code Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement.NotAllowed has been removed
-    - Message code Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement.NotAllowedWarning has been removed
-    - New message codes have the format Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement.Detected[TYPE]
-    - Example code is Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement.DetectedCATCH
+    - Message code `Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement.NotAllowed` has been removed
+    - Message code `Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement.NotAllowedWarning` has been removed
+    - New message codes have the format `Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement.Detected[TYPE]`
+    - Example code is `Generic.CodeAnalysis.EmptyStatement.DetectedCATCH`
     - You can now use a custom ruleset to change messages to warnings and to exclude them
-- PEAR and Squiz FunctionCommentSniffs no longer ban @return tags for constructors and destructors
+- PEAR and Squiz FunctionCommentSniffs no longer ban `@return` tags for constructors and destructors
     - Removed message PEAR.Commenting.FunctionComment.ReturnNotRequired
     - Removed message Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment.ReturnNotRequired
     - Change initiated by request [#324][sq-324] and request [#369][sq-369]
@@ -3968,6 +4024,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20196]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20196
 
 ## [2.0.0] - 2014-12-05
+
 ### Changed
 - JS tokenizer now sets functions as T_CLOSUREs if the function is anonymous
 - JS tokenizer now sets all objects to T_OBJECT
@@ -4005,6 +4062,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-333]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/333
 
 ## [1.5.6] - 2014-12-05
+
 ### Changed
 - JS tokenizer now detects xor statements correctly
 - The --config-show command now pretty-prints the config values
@@ -4028,6 +4086,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-311]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/311
 
 ## [2.0.0RC4] - 2014-11-07
+
 ### Changed
 - JS tokenizer now detects xor statements correctly
 - Improved detection of properties and objects in the JS tokenizer
@@ -4070,6 +4129,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-310]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/310
 
 ## [2.0.0RC3] - 2014-10-16
+
 ### Changed
 - Improved default output for PHPCBF and removed the options to print verbose and progress output
 - If a .fixed file is supplied for a unit test file, the auto fixes will be checked against it during testing
@@ -4098,6 +4158,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [sq-285]: https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/issues/285
 
 ## [2.0.0RC2] - 2014-09-26
+
 ### Changed
 - Minified JS and CSS files are now detected and skipped (fixes bug [#252][sq-252] and bug [#19899][pear-19899])
     - A warning will be added to the file so it can be found in the report and ignored in the future
@@ -4109,7 +4170,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - Default remains at exiting with 0 only if no errors and no warnings were found
     - Also changes return value of PHP_CodeSniffer_Reporting::printReport()
 - Rulesets can now set associative array properties
-    - property name="[property]" type="array" value="foo=>bar,baz=>qux"
+    - property `name="[property]" type="array" value="foo=>bar,baz=>qux"`
 - Generic ForbiddenFunctionsSniff now has a public property called forbiddenFunctions (request [#263][sq-263])
     - Override the property in a ruleset.xml file to define forbidden functions and their replacements
     - A replacement of NULL indicates that no replacement is available
@@ -4166,6 +4227,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20402]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20402
 
 ## [1.5.5] - 2014-09-25
+
 ### Changed
 - PHP tokenizer no longer converts class/function names to special tokens types
     - Class/function names such as parent and true would become special tokens such as T_PARENT and T_TRUE
@@ -4199,6 +4261,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20386]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20386
 
 ## [2.0.0RC1] - 2014-08-06
+
 ### Changed
 - PHPCBF will now fix incorrect newline characters in a file
 - PHPCBF now exits cleanly when there are no errors to fix
@@ -4273,6 +4336,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20355]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20355
 
 ## [1.5.4] - 2014-08-06
+
 ### Changed
 - Removed use of sys_get_temp_dir() as this is not supported by the min PHP version
 - The installed_paths config var now accepts relative paths
@@ -4319,6 +4383,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20323]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20323
 
 ## [2.0.0a2] - 2014-05-01
+
 ### Changed
 - Added report type --report=info to show information about the checked code to make building a standard easier
     - Checks a number of things, such as what line length you use, and spacing are brackets, but not everything
@@ -4371,6 +4436,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20234]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20234
 
 ## [1.5.3] - 2014-05-01
+
 ### Changed
 - Improved detection of nested IF statements that use the alternate IF/ENDIF syntax
 - PHP tokenizer now supports DEFAULT statements opened with a T_SEMICOLON
@@ -4412,6 +4478,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20252]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20252
 
 ## [2.0.0a1] - 2014-02-05
+
 ### Changed
 - Added the phpcbf script to automatically fix many errors found by the phpcs script
 - Added report type --report=diff to show suggested changes to fix coding standard violations
@@ -4419,11 +4486,11 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - Use the full path to your custom report class as the report name
 - The --extensions argument is now respected when passing filenames; not just with directories
 - The --extensions argument now allows you to specify the tokenizer for each extension
-    - e.g., --extensions=module/php,es/js
+    - e.g., `--extensions=module/php,es/js`
 - Command line arguments can now be set in ruleset files
-    - e.g., arg name="report" value="summary" (print summary report; same as --report=summary)
-    - e.g., arg value="sp" (print source and progress information; same as -sp)
-    - The -vvv, --sniffs, --standard and -l command line arguments cannot be set in this way
+    - e.g., `arg name="report" value="summary"` (print summary report; same as `--report=summary`)
+    - e.g., `arg value="sp"` (print source and progress information; same as `-sp`)
+    - The `-vvv`, `--sniffs`, `--standard` and `-l` command line arguments cannot be set in this way
 - Sniff process() methods can now optionally return a token to ignore up to
     - If returned, the sniff will not be executed again until the passed token is reached in the file
     - Useful if you are looking for tokens like T_OPEN_TAG but only want to process the first one
@@ -4463,6 +4530,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Removed MySource ChannelExceptionSniff
 
 ## [1.5.2] - 2014-02-05
+
 ### Changed
 - Improved support for the PHP 5.5. classname::class syntax
     - PSR2 SwitchDeclarationSniff no longer throws errors when this syntax is used in CASE conditions
@@ -4507,8 +4575,9 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20190]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20190
 
 ## [1.5.1] - 2013-12-12
+
 ### Changed
-- Config values can now be set at runtime using the command line argument [--runtime-set key value]
+- Config values can now be set at runtime using the command line argument `--runtime-set key value`
     - Runtime values are the same as config values, but are not written to the main config file
     - Thanks to [Wim Godden][@wimg] for the patch
 - Config values can now be set in ruleset files
@@ -4536,6 +4605,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20139]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20139
 
 ## [1.5.0] - 2013-11-28
+
 ### Changed
 - Doc generation is now working again for installed standards
     - Includes a fix for limiting the docs to specific sniffs
@@ -4559,7 +4629,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed bug [#20093][pear-20093] : Bug with ternary operator token
-- Fixed bug [#20097][pear-20097] : CLI.php throws error in php 5.2
+- Fixed bug [#20097][pear-20097] : `CLI.php` throws error in PHP 5.2
 - Fixed bug [#20100][pear-20100] : incorrect Function mysql() has been deprecated report
 - Fixed bug [#20119][pear-20119] : PHP warning: invalid argument to str_repeat() in SVN blame report with -s
 - Fixed bug [#20123][pear-20123] : PSR2 complains about an empty second statement in for-loop
@@ -4571,6 +4641,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20093]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20093
 
 ## [1.4.8] - 2013-11-26
+
 ### Changed
 - Generic ScopeIndentSniff now allows for ignored tokens to be set via ruleset.xml files
     - E.g., to ignore comments, override a property using:
@@ -4587,7 +4658,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - Thanks to [Maksim Kochkin][@ksimka] for the patch
 
 ### Fixed
-- Fixed bug [#20097][pear-20097] : CLI.php throws error in php 5.2
+- Fixed bug [#20097][pear-20097] : `CLI.php` throws error in PHP 5.2
 - Fixed bug [#20100][pear-20100] : incorrect Function mysql() has been deprecated report
 - Fixed bug [#20119][pear-20119] : PHP warning: invalid argument to str_repeat() in SVN blame report with -s
 - Fixed bug [#20123][pear-20123] : PSR2 complains about an empty second statement in for-loop
@@ -4602,6 +4673,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20133]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20133
 
 ## [1.5.0RC4] - 2013-09-26
+
 ### Changed
 - You can now restrict violations to individual sniff codes using the --sniffs command line argument
     - Previously, this only restricted violations to an entire sniff and not individual messages
@@ -4663,6 +4735,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20051]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20051
 
 ## [1.4.7] - 2013-09-26
+
 ### Changed
 - Added report type --report=junit to show the error list in a JUnit compatible format
     - Thanks to [Oleg Lobach][@bladeofsteel] for the contribution
@@ -4717,6 +4790,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-20050]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=20050
 
 ## [1.5.0RC3] - 2013-07-25
+
 ### Changed
 - Added report type --report=json to show the error list and total counts for all checked files
     - Thanks to [Jeffrey Fisher][@jeffslofish] for the contribution
@@ -4784,6 +4858,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19930]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19930
 
 ## [1.4.6] - 2013-07-25
+
 ### Changed
 - Added report type --report=json to show the error list and total counts for all checked files
     - Thanks to [Jeffrey Fisher][@jeffslofish] for the contribution
@@ -4860,6 +4935,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19997]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19997
 
 ## [1.5.0RC2] - 2013-04-04
+
 ### Changed
 - Ruleset processing has been rewritten to be more predictable
     - Provides much better support for relative paths inside ruleset files
@@ -4873,7 +4949,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - You can also pass in a path to a directory instead, if you know it
 - Added Generic LowerCaseKeywordSniff to ensure all PHP keywords are defined in lowercase
     - The PSR2 and Squiz standards now use this sniff
-- Added Generic SAPIUsageSniff to ensure the PHP_SAPI constant is used instead of php_sapi_name() (request [#19863][pear-19863])
+- Added Generic SAPIUsageSniff to ensure the `PHP_SAPI` constant is used instead of `php_sapi_name()` (request [#19863][pear-19863])
 - Squiz FunctionSpacingSniff now has a setting to specify how many lines there should between functions (request [#19843][pear-19843])
     - Default remains at 2
     - Override the "spacing" setting in a ruleset.xml file to change
@@ -4908,10 +4984,11 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19731]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19731
 
 ## [1.4.5] - 2013-04-04
+
 ### Changed
 - Added Generic LowerCaseKeywordSniff to ensure all PHP keywords are defined in lowercase
     - The PSR2 and Squiz standards now use this sniff
-- Added Generic SAPIUsageSniff to ensure the PHP_SAPI constant is used instead of php_sapi_name() (request [#19863][pear-19863])
+- Added Generic SAPIUsageSniff to ensure the `PHP_SAPI` constant is used instead of `php_sapi_name()` (request [#19863][pear-19863])
 - Squiz FunctionSpacingSniff now has a setting to specify how many lines there should between functions (request [#19843][pear-19843])
     - Default remains at 2
     - Override the "spacing" setting in a ruleset.xml file to change
@@ -4951,15 +5028,17 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19879]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19879
 
 ## [1.5.0RC1] - 2013-02-08
+
 ### Changed
 - Reports have been completely rewritten to consume far less memory
     - Each report is incrementally written to the file system during a run and then printed out when the run ends
     - There is no longer a need to keep the list of errors and warnings in memory during a run
 - Multi-file sniff support has been removed because they are too memory intensive
     - If you have a custom multi-file sniff, you can convert it into a standard sniff quite easily
-    - See CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Classes/DuplicateClassNameSniff.php for an example
+    - See `CodeSniffer/Standards/Generic/Sniffs/Classes/DuplicateClassNameSniff.php` for an example
 
 ## [1.4.4] - 2013-02-07
+
 ### Changed
 - Ignored lines no longer cause the summary report to show incorrect error and warning counts
     - Thanks to [Bert Van Hauwaert][@becoded] for the patch
@@ -5005,6 +5084,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19804]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19804
 
 ## [1.4.3] - 2012-12-04
+
 ### Changed
 - Added support for the PHP 5.5 T_FINALLY token to detect try/catch/finally statements
 - Added empty CodeSniffer.conf to enable config settings for Composer installs
@@ -5029,9 +5109,10 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19727]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19727
 
 ## [1.4.2] - 2012-11-09
+
 ### Changed
 - PHP_CodeSniffer can now be installed using Composer
-    - Require squizlabs/php_codesniffer in your composer.json file
+    - Require `squizlabs/php_codesniffer` in your `composer.json` file
     - Thanks to [Rob Bast][@alcohol], [Stephen Rees-Carter][@valorin], [Stefano Kowalke][@Konafets] and [Ivan Habunek][@ihabunek] for help with this
 - Squiz BlockCommentSniff and InlineCommentSniff no longer report errors for trait block comments
 - Squiz SelfMemberReferenceSniff now supports namespaces
@@ -5059,10 +5140,11 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19694]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19694
 
 ## [1.4.1] - 2012-11-02
+
 ### Changed
 - All ignore patterns have been reverted to being checked against the absolute path of a file
     - Patterns can be specified to be relative in a ruleset.xml file, but nowhere else
-    - e.g., [exclude-pattern type="relative"]^tests/*[/exclude-pattern] (with angle brackets, not square brackets)
+    - e.g., `<exclude-pattern type="relative">^tests/*</exclude-pattern>`
 - Added support for PHP tokenizing of T_INLINE_ELSE colons, so this token type is now available
     - Custom sniffs that rely on looking for T_COLON tokens inside inline if statements must be changed to use the new token
     - Fixes bug [#19666][pear-19666] : PSR1.Files.SideEffects throws a notice Undefined index: scope_closer
@@ -5114,14 +5196,15 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19687]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19687
 
 ## [1.4.0] - 2012-09-26
+
 ### Changed
 - Added PSR1 and PSR2 coding standards that can be used to check your code against these guidelines
 - PHP 5.4 short array syntax is now detected and tokens are assigned to the open and close characters
     - New tokens are T_OPEN_SHORT_ARRAY and T_CLOSE_SHORT_ARRAY as PHP does not define its own
 - Added the ability to explain a coding standard by listing the sniffs that it includes
     - The sniff list includes all imported and native sniffs
-    - Explain a standard by using the -e and --standard=[standard] command line arguments
-    - E.g., phpcs -e --standard=Squiz
+    - Explain a standard by using the `-e` and `--standard=[standard]` command line arguments
+    - E.g., `phpcs -e --standard=Squiz`
     - Thanks to [Ben Selby][@benmatselby] for the idea
 - Added report to show results using notify-send
     - Use --report=notifysend to generate the report
@@ -5149,6 +5232,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19612]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19612
 
 ## [1.3.6] - 2012-08-08
+
 ### Changed
 - Memory usage has been dramatically reduced when using the summary report
     - Reduced memory is only available when displaying a single summary report to the screen
@@ -5185,6 +5269,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19546]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19546
 
 ## [1.3.5] - 2012-07-12
+
 ### Changed
 - Added Generic CamelCapsFunctionNameSniff to just check if function and method names use camel caps
     - Does not allow underscore prefixes for private/protected methods
@@ -5204,7 +5289,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed duplicate message codes in Generic OpeningFunctionBraceKernighanRitchieSniff
-- Fixed bug [#18651][pear-18651] : PHPunit Test cases for custom standards are not working on Windows
+- Fixed bug [#18651][pear-18651] : PHPUnit Test cases for custom standards are not working on Windows
 - Fixed bug [#19416][pear-19416] : Shorthand arrays cause bracket spacing errors
 - Fixed bug [#19421][pear-19421] : phpcs doesn't recognize ${x} as equivalent to $x
 - Fixed bug [#19428][pear-19428] : PHPCS Report "hgblame" doesn't support windows paths
@@ -5230,6 +5315,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19483]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19483
 
 ## [1.3.4] - 2012-05-17
+
 ### Changed
 - Added missing package.xml entries for new Generic FixmeSniff
     - Thanks to [Jaroslav Hanslík][@kukulich] for the patch
@@ -5240,7 +5326,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - In particular, allows the Drupal CS to work without needing to symlink it into the PHPCS install
     - Thanks to [Peter Philipp][@das-peter] for the patch
 - Rule references for standards, directories and specific sniffs can now be relative in ruleset.xml files
-    - For example: ref="../MyStandard/Sniffs/Commenting/DisallowHashCommentsSniff.php"
+    - For example: `ref="../MyStandard/Sniffs/Commenting/DisallowHashCommentsSniff.php"`
 - Symlinked standards now work correctly, allowing aliasing of installed standards (request [#19417][pear-19417])
     - Thanks to [Tom Klingenberg][@ktomk] for the patch
 - Squiz ObjectInstantiationSniff now allows objects to be returned without assigning them to a variable
@@ -5258,7 +5344,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed an issue in Generic UpperCaseConstantNameSniff where errors were incorrectly reported on goto statements
     - Thanks to [Tom Klingenberg][@ktomk] for the patch
 - PEAR FileCommentSniff and ClassCommentSniff now support author emails with a single character in the local part
-    - E.g., a@me.com
+    - E.g., `a@me.com`
     - Thanks to Denis Shapkin for the patch
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -5274,8 +5360,8 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed bug [#19411][pear-19411] : magic method error on __construct()
     - The fix required a rewrite of AbstractScopeSniff, so please test any sniffs that extend this class
 - Fixed bug [#19412][pear-19412] : Incorrect error about assigning objects to variables when inside inline IF
-- Fixed bug [#19413][pear-19413] : php_cs thinks I haven't used a parameter when I have
-- Fixed bug [#19414][pear-19414] : php_cs seems to not track variables correctly in heredocs
+- Fixed bug [#19413][pear-19413] : PHP_CodeSniffer thinks I haven't used a parameter when I have
+- Fixed bug [#19414][pear-19414] : PHP_CodeSniffer seems to not track variables correctly in heredocs
 
 [pear-19290]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19290
 [pear-19324]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19324
@@ -5292,6 +5378,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19417]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19417
 
 ## [1.3.3] - 2012-02-07
+
 ### Changed
 - Added new Generic FixmeSniff that shows error messages for all FIXME comments left in your code
     - Thanks to [Sam Graham][@illusori] for the contribution
@@ -5332,6 +5419,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-19313]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=19313
 
 ## [1.3.2] - 2011-12-01
+
 ### Changed
 - Added Generic JSHintSniff to run jshint.js over a JS file and report warnings
     - Set jshint path using phpcs --config-set jshint_path /path/to/jshint-rhino.js
@@ -5362,6 +5450,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-18975]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18975
 
 ## 1.3.1 - 2011-11-03
+
 ### Changed
 - All report file command line arguments now work with relative paths (request [#17240][pear-17240])
 - The extensions command line argument now supports multi-part file extensions (request [#17227][pear-17227])
@@ -5379,7 +5468,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - Also now shown for all report types if nothing is being printed to the screen
 - Generic DeprecatedFunctionSniff now reports functions as deprecated and not simply forbidden (request [#18288][pear-18288])
 - PHPCS now accepts file contents from STDIN (request [#18447][pear-18447])
-    - Example usage: cat temp.php | phpcs [options]  -OR-  phpcs [options] &lt; temp.php
+    - Example usage: `cat temp.php | phpcs [options]`  -OR-  `phpcs [options] &lt; temp.php`
     - Not every sniff will work correctly due to the lack of a valid file path
 - PHP_CodeSniffer_Exception no longer extends PEAR_Exception (request [#18483][pear-18483])
     - PEAR_Exception added a requirement that PEAR had to be installed
@@ -5417,7 +5506,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed bug [#18769][pear-18769] : CSS Tokenizer doesn't replace T_BREAK tokens inside some styles
 - Fixed bug [#18835][pear-18835] : Unreachable errors of inline returns of closure functions
     - Thanks to [Patrick Schmidt][pear-woellchen] for the patch
-- Fixed bug [#18839][pear-18839] : Fix miscount of warnings in AbstractSniffUnitTest.php
+- Fixed bug [#18839][pear-18839] : Fix miscount of warnings in `AbstractSniffUnitTest.php`
     - Thanks to [Sam Graham][@illusori] for the patch
 - Fixed bug [#18844][pear-18844] : Generic_Sniffs_CodeAnalysis_UnusedFunctionParameterSniff with empty body
     - Thanks to [Dmitri Medvedev][pear-dvino] for the patch
@@ -5459,6 +5548,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-18951]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18951
 
 ## 1.3.0 - 2011-03-17
+
 ### Changed
 - Add a new token T_CLOSURE that replaces T_FUNCTION if the function keyword is anonymous
 - Many Squiz sniffs no longer report errors when checking closures; they are now ignored
@@ -5476,7 +5566,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed bug [#18274][pear-18274] : Multi-line IF and function call indent rules conflict
 - Fixed bug [#18282][pear-18282] : Squiz doesn't handle final keyword before function comments
     - Thanks to [Dave Perrett][pear-recurser] for the patch
-- Fixed bug [#18336][pear-18336] : Function isUnderscoreName gives php notices
+- Fixed bug [#18336][pear-18336] : Function isUnderscoreName gives PHP notices
 
 [pear-18196]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18196
 [pear-18200]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18200
@@ -5489,14 +5579,15 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-18336]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18336
 
 ## 1.3.0RC2 - 2011-01-14
+
 ### Changed
 - You can now print multiple reports for each run and print each to the screen or a file (request [#12434][pear-12434])
-    - Format is --report-[report][=file] (e.g., --report-xml=out.xml)
-    - Printing to screen is done by leaving [file] empty (e.g., --report-xml)
-    - Multiple reports can be specified in this way (e.g., --report-summary --report-xml=out.xml)
-    - The standard --report and --report-file command line arguments are unchanged
-- Added -d command line argument to set php.ini settings while running (request [#17244][pear-17244])
-    - Usage is: phpcs -d memory_limit=32M -d ...
+    - Format is `--report-[report][=file]` (e.g., `--report-xml=out.xml`)
+    - Printing to screen is done by leaving `[file]` empty (e.g., `--report-xml`)
+    - Multiple reports can be specified in this way (e.g., `--report-summary --report-xml=out.xml`)
+    - The standard `--report` and `--report-file` command line arguments are unchanged
+- Added `-d` command line argument to set `php.ini` settings while running (request [#17244][pear-17244])
+    - Usage is: `phpcs -d memory_limit=32M -d ...`
     - Thanks to [Ben Selby][@benmatselby] for the patch
 - Added -p command line argument to show progress during a run
     - Dot means pass, E means errors found, W means only warnings found and S means skipped file
@@ -5579,6 +5670,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-18193]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=18193
 
 ## 1.3.0RC1 - 2010-09-03
+
 ### Changed
 - Added exclude pattern support to ruleset.xml file so you can specify ignore patterns in a standard (request [#17683][pear-17683])
     - Use new exclude-pattern tags to include the ignore rules into your ruleset.xml file
@@ -5586,7 +5678,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Added new --encoding command line argument to specify the encoding of the files being checked
     - When set to utf-8, stops the XML-based reports from double-encoding
     - When set to something else, helps the XML-based reports encode to utf-8
-    - Default value is iso-8859-1 but can be changed with --config-set encoding [value]
+    - Default value is iso-8859-1 but can be changed with `--config-set encoding [value]`
 - The report is no longer printed to screen when using the --report-file command line option (request [#17467][pear-17467])
     - If you want to print it to screen as well, use the -v command line argument
 - The SVN and GIT blame reports now also show percentage of reported errors per author (request [#17606][pear-17606])
@@ -5607,8 +5699,8 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed bug [#17699][pear-17699] : Fatal error generating code coverage with PHPUnit 5.3.0RC1
 - Fixed bug [#17718][pear-17718] : Namespace 'use' statement: used global class name is recognized as constant
 - Fixed bug [#17734][pear-17734] : Generic SubversionPropertiesSniff complains on non SVN files
-- Fixed bug [#17742][pear-17742] : EmbeddedPhpSniff reacts negatively to file without closing php tag
-- Fixed bug [#17823][pear-17823] : Notice: Please no longer include PHPUnit/Framework.php
+- Fixed bug [#17742][pear-17742] : EmbeddedPhpSniff reacts negatively to file without closing PHP tag
+- Fixed bug [#17823][pear-17823] : Notice: Please no longer include `PHPUnit/Framework.php`
 
 [pear-17092]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=17092
 [pear-17467]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=17467
@@ -5624,8 +5716,9 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-17823]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=17823
 
 ## 1.3.0a1 - 2010-07-15
+
 ### Changed
-- All CodingStandard.php files have been replaced by ruleset.xml files
+- All `CodingStandard.php` files have been replaced by `ruleset.xml` files
     - Custom standards will need to be converted over to this new format to continue working
 - You can specify a path to your own custom ruleset.xml file by using the --standard command line arg
     - e.g., phpcs --standard=/path/to/my/ruleset.xml
@@ -5657,7 +5750,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed error messages in Squiz ArrayDeclarationSniff reporting incorrect number of found and expected spaces
 - Fixed bug [#17048][pear-17048] : False positive in Squiz_WhiteSpace_ScopeKeywordSpacingSniff
 - Fixed bug [#17054][pear-17054] : phpcs more strict than PEAR CS regarding function parameter spacing
-- Fixed bug [#17096][pear-17096] : Notice: Undefined index: scope_condition in ScopeClosingBraceSniff.php
+- Fixed bug [#17096][pear-17096] : Notice: Undefined index: `scope_condition` in `ScopeClosingBraceSniff.php`
     - Moved PEAR.Functions.FunctionCallArgumentSpacing to Generic.Functions.FunctionCallArgumentSpacing
 - Fixed bug [#17144][pear-17144] : Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated
 - Fixed bug [#17236][pear-17236] : PHP Warning due to token_get_all() in DoubleQuoteUsageSniff
@@ -5684,6 +5777,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-17503]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=17503
 
 ## 1.2.2 - 2010-01-27
+
 ### Changed
 - The core PHP_CodeSniffer_File methods now understand the concept of closures (feature request [#16866][pear-16866])
     - Thanks to [Christian Kaps][@akkie] for the sample code
@@ -5765,6 +5859,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-17017]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=17017
 
 ## 1.2.1 - 2009-11-17
+
 ### Changed
 - Added a new report type --report=svnblame to show how many errors and warnings were committed by each author
     - Also shows the percentage of their code that are errors and warnings
@@ -5835,6 +5930,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-16792]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16792
 
 ## 1.2.0 - 2009-08-17
+
 ### Changed
 - Installed standards are now favoured over custom standards when using the cmd line arg with relative paths
 - Unit tests now use a lot less memory while running
@@ -5844,7 +5940,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed bug [#16424][pear-16424] : SubversionPropertiesSniff print PHP Warning
-- Fixed bug [#16450][pear-16450] : Constant PHP_CODESNIFFER_VERBOSITY already defined (unit tests)
+- Fixed bug [#16450][pear-16450] : Constant `PHP_CODESNIFFER_VERBOSITY` already defined (unit tests)
 - Fixed bug [#16453][pear-16453] : function declaration long line splitted error
 - Fixed bug [#16482][pear-16482] : phpcs-svn-pre-commit ignores extensions parameter
 
@@ -5854,6 +5950,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-16482]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16482
 
 ## 1.2.0RC3 - 2009-07-07
+
 ### Changed
 - You can now use @codingStandardsIgnoreStart and @...End comments to suppress messages (feature request [#14002][pear-14002])
 - A warning is now included for files without any code when short_open_tag is set to Off (feature request [#12952][pear-12952])
@@ -5868,16 +5965,17 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-15830]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=15830
 
 ## 1.2.0RC2 - 2009-05-25
+
 ### Changed
-- Test suite can now be run using the full path to AllTests.php (feature request [#16179][pear-16179])
+- Test suite can now be run using the full path to `AllTests.php` (feature request [#16179][pear-16179])
 
 ### Fixed
-- Fixed bug [#15980][pear-15980] : PHP_CodeSniffer change php current directory
+- Fixed bug [#15980][pear-15980] : PHP_CodeSniffer change PHP current directory
     - Thanks to [Dolly Aswin Harahap][pear-dollyaswin] for the patch
 - Fixed bug [#16001][pear-16001] : Notice triggered
 - Fixed bug [#16054][pear-16054] : phpcs-svn-pre-commit not showing any errors
 - Fixed bug [#16071][pear-16071] : Fatal error: Uncaught PHP_CodeSniffer_Exception
-- Fixed bug [#16170][pear-16170] : Undefined Offset -1 in MultiLineConditionSniff.php on line 68
+- Fixed bug [#16170][pear-16170] : Undefined Offset -1 in `MultiLineConditionSniff.php` on line 68
 - Fixed bug [#16175][pear-16175] : Bug in Squiz-IncrementDecrementUsageSniff
 
 [pear-15980]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=15980
@@ -5889,6 +5987,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-16179]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16179
 
 ## 1.2.0RC1 - 2009-03-09
+
 ### Changed
 - Reports that are output to a file now include a trailing newline at the end of the file
 - Fixed sniff names not shown in -vvv token processing output
@@ -5922,6 +6021,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-15910]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=15910
 
 ## 1.2.0a1 - 2008-12-18
+
 ### Changed
 - PHP_CodeSniffer now has a CSS tokenizer for checking CSS files
 - Added support for a new multi-file sniff that sniffs all processed files at once
@@ -6018,18 +6118,18 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed Squiz DoubleQuoteUsageSniff so it works correctly with short_open_tag=Off
 - Fixed bug [#14409][pear-14409] : Output of warnings to log file
-- Fixed bug [#14520][pear-14520] : Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /usr/share/php/PHP/CodeSniffer/File.php on line
+- Fixed bug [#14520][pear-14520] : Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in `CodeSniffer/File.php` on line
 - Fixed bug [#14637][pear-14637] : Call to processUnknownArguments() misses second parameter $pos
     - Thanks to [Peter Buri][pear-burci] for the patch
 - Fixed bug [#14889][pear-14889] : Lack of clarity: licence or license
 - Fixed bug [#15008][pear-15008] : Nested Parentheses in Control Structure Sniffs
 - Fixed bug [#15091][pear-15091] : pre-commit hook attempts to sniff folders
     - Thanks to [Bruce Weirdan][pear-weirdan] for the patch
-- Fixed bug [#15124][pear-15124] : AbstractParser.php uses deprecated split() function
+- Fixed bug [#15124][pear-15124] : `AbstractParser.php` uses deprecated `split()` function
     - Thanks to [Sebastian Bergmann][@sebastianbergmann] for the patch
 - Fixed bug [#15188][pear-15188] : PHPCS vs HEREDOC strings
-- Fixed bug [#15231][pear-15231] : Notice: Uninitialized string offset: 0 in FileCommentSniff.php on line 555
-- Fixed bug [#15336][pear-15336] : Notice: Undefined offset: 2 in /usr/share/php/PHP/CodeSniffer/File.php on line
+- Fixed bug [#15231][pear-15231] : Notice: Uninitialized string offset: 0 in `FileCommentSniff.php` on line 555
+- Fixed bug [#15336][pear-15336] : Notice: Undefined offset: 2 in `CodeSniffer/File.php` on line
 
 [pear-13242]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=13242
 [pear-14409]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=14409
@@ -6046,6 +6146,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-15336]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=15336
 
 ## 1.1.0 - 2008-07-14
+
 ### Changed
 - PEAR FileCommentSniff now allows tag orders to be overridden in child classes
     - Thanks to Jeff Hodsdon for the patch
@@ -6062,6 +6163,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed bug [#14251][pear-14251] : --extensions option doesn't work
 
 ## 1.1.0RC3 - 2008-07-03
+
 ### Changed
 - PEAR FileCommentSniff now allows tag orders to be overridden in child classes
     - Thanks to Jeff Hodsdon for the patch
@@ -6085,6 +6187,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-14251]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=14251
 
 ## 1.1.0RC2 - 2008-06-13
+
 ### Changed
 - Permission denied errors now stop script execution but still display current errors (feature request [#14076][pear-14076])
 - Added Squiz ValidArrayIndexNameSniff to ensure array indexes do not use camel case
@@ -6093,7 +6196,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed bug [#13921][pear-13921] : js parsing fails for comments on last line of file
-- Fixed bug [#13922][pear-13922] : crash in case of malformed (but tokenized) php file
+- Fixed bug [#13922][pear-13922] : crash in case of malformed (but tokenized) PHP file
     - PEAR and Squiz ClassDeclarationSniff now throw warnings for possible parse errors
     - Squiz ValidClassNameSniff now throws warning for possible parse errors
     - Squiz ClosingDeclarationCommentSniff now throws additional warnings for parse errors
@@ -6103,6 +6206,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-14076]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=14076
 
 ## 1.1.0RC1 - 2008-05-13
+
 ### Changed
 - Added support for multiple tokenizers so PHP_CodeSniffer can check more than just PHP files
     - PHP_CodeSniffer now has a JS tokenizer for checking JavaScript files
@@ -6157,11 +6261,11 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed error in Squiz FunctionSpacingSniff where functions after member vars reported incorrect spacing
 - Fixed bug [#13062][pear-13062] : Interface comments aren't handled in PEAR standard
     - Thanks to [Manuel Pichler][@manuelpichler] for the path
-- Fixed bug [#13119][pear-13119] : php minimum requirement need to be fix
+- Fixed bug [#13119][pear-13119] : PHP minimum requirement need to be fix
 - Fixed bug [#13156][pear-13156] : Bug in Squiz_Sniffs_PHP_NonExecutableCodeSniff
 - Fixed bug [#13158][pear-13158] : Strange behaviour in AbstractPatternSniff
 - Fixed bug [#13169][pear-13169] : Undefined variables
-- Fixed bug [#13178][pear-13178] : Catch exception in File.php
+- Fixed bug [#13178][pear-13178] : Catch exception in `File.php`
 - Fixed bug [#13254][pear-13254] : Notices output in checkstyle report causes XML issues
 - Fixed bug [#13446][pear-13446] : crash with src of phpMyAdmin
     - Thanks to [Manuel Pichler][@manuelpichler] for the path
@@ -6178,6 +6282,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-13446]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=13446
 
 ## 1.0.1a1 - 2008-04-21
+
 ### Changed
 - Fixed error in PEAR ValidClassNameSniff when checking class names with double underscores
 - Moved Squiz InlineControlStructureSniff into Generic standard
@@ -6200,6 +6305,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-13849]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=13849
 
 ## 1.0.1 - 2008-02-04
+
 ### Changed
 - Squiz ArrayDeclarationSniff now throws error if the array keyword is followed by a space
 - Squiz ArrayDeclarationSniff now throws error for empty multi-line arrays
@@ -6236,10 +6342,11 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-12957]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=12957
 
 ## 1.0.0 - 2007-12-21
+
 ### Changed
 - You can now specify the full path to a coding standard on the command line (feature request [#11886][pear-11886])
     - This allows you to use standards that are stored outside of PHP_CodeSniffer's own Standard dir
-    - You can also specify full paths in the CodingStandard.php include and exclude methods
+    - You can also specify full paths in the `CodingStandard.php` include and exclude methods
     - Classes, dirs and files need to be names as if the standard was part of PHP_CodeSniffer
     - Thanks to Dirk Thomas for the doc generator patch and testing
 - Modified the scope map to keep checking after 3 lines for some tokens (feature request [#12561][pear-12561])
@@ -6272,13 +6379,14 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-12651]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=12651
 
 ## 1.0.0RC3 - 2007-11-30
+
 ### Changed
 - Added new command line argument --tab-width that will convert tabs to spaces before testing
     - This allows you to use the existing sniffs that check for spaces even when you use tabs
     - Can also be set via a config var: phpcs --config-set tab_width 4
     - A value of zero (the default) tells PHP_CodeSniffer not to replace tabs with spaces
 - You can now change the default report format from "full" to something else
-    - Run: phpcs --config-set report_format [format]
+    - Run: phpcs `--config-set report_format [format]`
 - Improved performance by optimising the way the scope map is created during tokenizing
 - Added new Squiz DisallowInlineIfSniff to disallow the usage of inline IF statements
 - Fixed incorrect errors being thrown for nested switches in Squiz SwitchDeclarationSniff
@@ -6306,6 +6414,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-12517]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=12517
 
 ## 1.0.0RC2 - 2007-11-14
+
 ### Changed
 - Added a new Checkstyle report format
     - Like the current XML format but modified to look like Checkstyle output
@@ -6343,6 +6452,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-12421]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=12421
 
 ## 1.0.0RC1 - 2007-11-01
+
 ### Changed
 - Main phpcs script can now be run from a CVS checkout without installing the package
 - Added a new CSV report format
@@ -6395,10 +6505,11 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-12321]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=12321
 
 ## 0.9.0 - 2007-09-24
+
 ### Changed
 - Added a config system for setting config data across phpcs runs
 - You can now change the default coding standard from PEAR to something else
-    - Run: phpcs --config-set default_standard [standard]
+    - Run: phpcs `--config-set default_standard [standard]`
 - Added new Zend coding standard to check code against the Zend Framework standards
     - The complete standard is not yet implemented
     - Specify --standard=Zend to use
@@ -6406,13 +6517,14 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
     - Thanks to Holger Kral for the Code Analyzer sniff
 
 ## 0.8.0 - 2007-08-08
+
 ### Changed
 - Added new XML report format; --report=xml (feature request [#11535][pear-11535])
     - Thanks to [Brett Bieber][@saltybeagle] for the patch
 - Added new command line argument --ignore to specify a list of files to skip (feature request [#11556][pear-11556])
 - Added PHPCS and MySource coding standards into the core install
 - Scope map no longer gets confused by curly braces that act as string offsets
-- Removed CodeSniffer/SniffException.php as it is no longer used
+- Removed `CodeSniffer/SniffException.php` as it is no longer used
 - Unit tests can now be run directly from a CVS checkout
 - Made private vars and functions protected in PHP_CodeSniffer class so this package can be overridden
 - Added new Metrics category to Generic coding standard
@@ -6439,15 +6551,15 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-11738]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=11738
 
 ## 0.7.0 - 2007-07-02
+
 ### Changed
 - BC BREAK: EOL character is now auto-detected and used instead of hard-coded \n
     - Pattern sniffs must now specify "EOL" instead of "\n" or "\r\n" to use auto-detection
     - Please use $phpcsFile->eolChar to check for newlines instead of hard-coding "\n" or "\r\n"
     - Comment parser classes now require you to pass $phpcsFile as an additional argument
-- BC BREAK: Included and excluded sniffs now require .php extension
-    - Please update your coding standard classes and add ".php" to all sniff entries
-    - See CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/PEARCodingStandard.php for an example
-
+- BC BREAK: Included and excluded sniffs now require `.php` extension
+    - Please update your coding standard classes and add `.php` to all sniff entries
+    - See `CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/PEARCodingStandard.php` for an example
 - Fixed error where including a directory of sniffs in a coding standard class did not work
 - Coding standard classes can now specify a list of sniffs to exclude as well as include (feature request [#11056][pear-11056])
 - Two uppercase characters can now be placed side-by-side in class names in Squiz ValidClassNameSniff
@@ -6483,7 +6595,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed bug [#11105][pear-11105] : getIncludedSniffs() not working anymore
     - Thanks to [Blair Robertson][pear-adviva] for the patch
-- Fixed bug [#11120][pear-11120] : Uninitialized string offset in AbstractParser.php on line 200
+- Fixed bug [#11120][pear-11120] : Uninitialized string offset in `AbstractParser.php` on line 200
 
 [pear-11038]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=11038
 [pear-11056]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=11056
@@ -6492,6 +6604,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-11120]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=11120
 
 ## 0.6.0 - 2007-05-15
+
 ### Changed
 - The number of errors and warnings found is now shown for each file while checking the file if verbosity is enabled
 - Now using PHP_EOL instead of hard-coded \n so output looks good on Windows (feature request [#10761][pear-10761])
@@ -6519,10 +6632,10 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-10983]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=10983
 
 ## 0.5.0 - 2007-04-17
+
 ### Changed
 - BC BREAK: Coding standards now require a class to be added so PHP_CodeSniffer can get information from them
     - Please read the end user docs for info about the new class required for all coding standards
-
 - Coding standards can now include sniffs from other standards, or whole standards, without writing new sniff files
 - PHP_CodeSniffer_File::isReference() now correctly returns for references in function declarations
 - PHP_CodeSniffer_File::isReference() now returns false if you don't pass it a T_BITWISE_AND token
@@ -6550,6 +6663,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Errors now thrown for all missing member variable comments in Squiz VariableCommentSniff
 
 ## 0.4.0 - 2007-02-19
+
 ### Changed
 - Standard name specified with --standard command line argument is no longer case sensitive
 - Long error and warning messages are now wrapped to 80 characters in the full error report (thanks Endre Czirbesz)
@@ -6569,6 +6683,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-9844]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=9844
 
 ## 0.3.0 - 2007-01-11
+
 ### Changed
 - Updated package.xml to version 2
 - Specifying coding standard on command line is now optional, even if you have multiple standards installed
@@ -6596,12 +6711,14 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-9411]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=9411
 
 ## 0.2.1 - 2006-11-09
+
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed bug [#9274][pear-9274] : nested_parenthesis element not set for open and close parenthesis tokens
 
 [pear-9274]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=9274
 
 ## 0.2.0 - 2006-10-13
+
 ### Changed
 - Added a generic standards package that will contain generic sniffs to be used in specific coding standards
     - thanks to Frederic Poeydomenge for the idea
@@ -6633,6 +6750,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 [pear-8884]: https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=8884
 
 ## 0.1.1 - 2006-09-25
+
 ### Changed
 - Added unit tests for all PEAR sniffs
 - Exception class now extends from PEAR_Exception
@@ -6641,16 +6759,19 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed summary report so files without errors but with warnings are not shown when warnings are hidden
 
 ## 0.1.0 - 2006-09-19
+
 ### Changed
 - Reorganised package contents to conform to PEAR standards
 - Changed version numbering to conform to PEAR standards
-- Removed duplicate require_once() of Exception.php from CodeSniffer.php
+- Removed duplicate `require_once()` of `Exception.php` from `CodeSniffer.php`
 
 ## 0.0.5 - 2006-09-18
+
 ### Fixed
-- Fixed .bat file for situation where php.ini cannot be found so include_path is not set
+- Fixed `.bat` file for situation where `php.ini` cannot be found so `include_path` is not set
 
 ## 0.0.4 - 2006-08-28
+
 ### Changed
 - Added .bat file for easier running of PHP_CodeSniffer on Windows
 - Sniff that checks method names now works for PHP4 style code where there is no scope keyword
@@ -6669,6 +6790,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Sniff that checks control structure declarations now gives more descriptive error message
 
 ## 0.0.3 - 2006-08-22
+
 ### Changed
 - Added sniff to check for invalid class and interface names
 - Added sniff to check for invalid function and method names
@@ -6680,6 +6802,7 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Fixed error where comments were not allowed on the same line as a control structure declaration
 
 ## 0.0.2 - 2006-07-25
+
 ### Changed
 - Removed the including of checked files to stop errors caused by parsing them
 - Removed the use of reflection so checked files do not have to be included
@@ -6694,9 +6817,10 @@ Additionally, thanks to [Alexander Turek][@derrabus] for consulting on the repo
 - Added an option to hide warnings from reports
 - Added an option to print verbose output (so you know what is going on)
 - Reordered command line args to put switches first (although order is not enforced)
-- Switches can now be specified together (e.g. php -nv) as well as separately (phpcs -n -v)
+- Switches can now be specified together (e.g. `phpcs -nv`) as well as separately (`phpcs -n -v`)
 
 ## 0.0.1 - 2006-07-19
+
 ### Added
 - Initial preview release
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d375015b43..a57eeec8a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-PHP_CodeSniffer
-=====================================================
+# PHP_CodeSniffer
 
 <div aria-hidden="true">
 
 [![Latest Stable Version](http://poser.pugx.org/phpcsstandards/php_codesniffer/v)](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/releases)
 [![Validate](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/validate.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/validate.yml)
-[![Test](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/test.yml)
+[![Test](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)][GHA-test]
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer?branch=master)
 [![License](http://poser.pugx.org/phpcsstandards/php_codesniffer/license)](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/licence.txt)
 
 ![Minimum PHP Version](https://img.shields.io/packagist/php-v/squizlabs/php_codesniffer.svg?maxAge=3600)
-[![Tested on PHP 5.4 to 8.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/tested%20on-PHP%205.4%20|%205.5%20|%205.6%20|%207.0%20|%207.1%20|%207.2%20|%207.3%20|%207.4%20|%208.0%20|%208.1%20|%208.2%20|%208.3-brightgreen.svg?maxAge=2419200)](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/test.yml)
+[![Tested on PHP 5.4 to 8.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/tested%20on-PHP%205.4%20|%205.5%20|%205.6%20|%207.0%20|%207.1%20|%207.2%20|%207.3%20|%207.4%20|%208.0%20|%208.1%20|%208.2%20|%208.3-brightgreen.svg?maxAge=2419200)][GHA-test]
+
+[GHA-test]: https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/test.yml
 
 </div>
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ You will then be able to run PHP_CodeSniffer from the vendor bin directory:
 ./vendor/bin/phpcs -h
 ./vendor/bin/phpcbf -h
 ```
+
 ### Phive
 If you use Phive, you can install PHP_CodeSniffer as a project tool using the following commands:
 ```bash
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ You will then be able to run PHP_CodeSniffer from the `tools` directory:
 ./tools/phpcs -h
 ./tools/phpcbf -h
 ```
+
 ### Git Clone
 You can also download the PHP_CodeSniffer source and run the `phpcs` and `phpcbf` commands directly from the Git clone:
 ```bash
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@ cd PHP_CodeSniffer
 php bin/phpcs -h
 php bin/phpcbf -h
 ```
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 ## Getting Started
 
 The default coding standard used by PHP_CodeSniffer is the PEAR coding standard. To check a file against the PEAR coding standard, simply specify the file's location: