Remove samples-old and group Dependabot updates

.github/copilot-instructions.md

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ This repository contains React Native samples, components, and templates for Win
 │   ├── Calculator/            # Calculator sample with C++/WinRT, C#, and Fabric implementations
 │   ├── NativeModuleSample/    # Native module and component examples
 │   └── ContinuousIntegration/ # CI/CD pipeline configurations
-├── samples-old/               # Legacy samples for older RN versions
 ├── website/                   # Documentation website (Docusaurus)
 ├── docs/                      # Additional documentation
 └── .github/                   # GitHub workflows and templates

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,43 +1,38 @@
 version: 2
 updates:
 - package-ecosystem: npm
-  directory: "/samples/"
-  schedule:
-    interval: daily
-    time: "05:00"
-    timezone: "America/Los_Angeles"
-  labels:
-  - dependencies
-  versioning-strategy: auto
-  commit-message:
-    prefix: 📦
-  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
-
-- package-ecosystem: nuget
-  directory: "/samples/"
+  # Every folder with a package.json: the samples, website, and websitev2.
+  directories:
+    - "**/*"
+  target-branch: "main"
+  cooldown:
+    default-days: 8
+  ignore:
+    # Samples move to new React Native for Windows versions through the CI Upgrade workflow.
+    - dependency-name: "react-native-windows"
+    - dependency-name: "*"
+      update-types:
+        - "version-update:semver-major"
+  groups:
+    all-dependencies:
+      applies-to: version-updates
+      patterns:
+        - '*'
+    security-updates:
+      applies-to: security-updates
+      patterns:
+        - '*'
   schedule:
-    interval: daily
+    interval: weekly
     time: "05:00"
     timezone: "America/Los_Angeles"
   labels:
-  - dependencies
-  versioning-strategy: auto
+    - dependencies
+  versioning-strategy: lockfile-only
   commit-message:
     prefix: 📦
-  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+  open-pull-requests-limit: 5
 
-- package-ecosystem: npm
-  directory: "/website/"
-  schedule:
-    interval: daily
-    time: "05:00"
-    timezone: "America/Los_Angeles"
-  labels:
-  - dependencies
-  versioning-strategy: auto
-  commit-message:
-    prefix: 📦
-  open-pull-requests-limit: 10
 - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
   directory: "/"
   groups:

.gitignore

@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@ website/i18n/*
 
 # This is not a mono repo, ignore files from people accidentally running yarn in the wrong places
 /yarn.lock
-/samples/yarn.lock
-/samples-old/yarn.lock
+/samples/yarn.lock

docs/native-modules-advanced.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ title: Native Modules (Advanced)
 
 >**This documentation and the underlying platform code is a work in progress.**
 >**Examples (C# and C++/WinRT):**
-> - [Native Module Sample in `microsoft/react-native-windows-samples`](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/tree/main/samples-old/NativeModuleSample)
+> - [Native Module Sample in `microsoft/react-native-windows-samples`](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/tree/a87d8404c42e189d1553c31e9e62cd3172d16c03/samples-old/NativeModuleSample)
 
 ## Writing Native Modules without using Attributes (C#)
 

docs/native-modules-async.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ A common scenario for [Native Modules](native-modules.md) is to call one or more
 
 This document proposes some best patterns to follow when bridging asynchronous methods from JS to native code for React Native Windows. It assumes you've already familiar with the basics of setting up and writing [Native Modules](native-modules.md).
 
-> The complete source for the examples below are provided within the [Native Module Sample in `microsoft/react-native-windows-samples`](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/tree/main/samples-old/NativeModuleSample).
+> The complete source for the examples below are provided within the [Native Module Sample in `microsoft/react-native-windows-samples`](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/tree/a87d8404c42e189d1553c31e9e62cd3172d16c03/samples-old/NativeModuleSample).
 
 ## Writing Native Modules that call Asynchronous Windows APIs
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ as well as store the status code and update the return statement from `return co
 
 But wait, we've only discussed the success path, what happens if `GetHttpResponse` doesn't succeed? We don't handle any exceptions in this example. If an exception is thrown, how do we marshal an error back to JavaScript? That is actually taken care of for you by the framework: any exception in the task will be marshaled to the JavaScript side as a JavaScript exception.
 
-That's it! If you want to see the complete `SimpleHttpModule`, see [`AsyncMethodExamples.cs`](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/blob/main/samples-old/NativeModuleSample/csharp/windows/NativeModuleSample/AsyncMethodExamples.cs).
+That's it! If you want to see the complete `SimpleHttpModule`, see [`AsyncMethodExamples.cs`](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/blob/a87d8404c42e189d1553c31e9e62cd3172d16c03/samples-old/NativeModuleSample/csharp/windows/NativeModuleSample/AsyncMethodExamples.cs).
 
 ### `SimpleHttpModule` in C++/WinRT
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ We've defined an `AsyncActionCompletedHandler` lambda and set it to be run when
 
 > **Important:** This example shows the minimum case, where you don't handle any errors within `GetHttpResponseAsync`, but you're not limited to this. You're free to detect error conditions within your code and call `capturedPromise.Reject()` yourself with (more useful) error messages at any time. However you should *always* include this final handler, to catch any unexpected and unhandled exceptions that may occur, especially when calling Windows APIs. Just be sure that you only call `Reject()` once and that nothing executes afterwards.
 
-That's it! If you want to see the complete `SimpleHttpModule`, see [`AsyncMethodExamples.h`](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/blob/main/samples-old/NativeModuleSample/cppwinrt/windows/NativeModuleSample/AsyncMethodExamples.h).
+That's it! If you want to see the complete `SimpleHttpModule`, see [`AsyncMethodExamples.h`](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/blob/a87d8404c42e189d1553c31e9e62cd3172d16c03/samples-old/NativeModuleSample/cppwinrt/windows/NativeModuleSample/AsyncMethodExamples.h).
 
 ## Executing calls to API on the UI thread
 

docs/native-modules-marshalling-data.md

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The end-to-end data flow looks something like this:
 
 ## Examples
 
-For examples of using data automatically marshaled into both static and dynamic native types, see the `DataMarshalingExamples` module within the [Native Module Sample in `microsoft/react-native-windows-samples`](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/tree/main/samples-old/NativeModuleSample). Implementations for both C# and C++/WinRT are provided.
+For examples of using data automatically marshaled into both static and dynamic native types, see the `DataMarshalingExamples` module within the [Native Module Sample in `microsoft/react-native-windows-samples`](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/tree/a87d8404c42e189d1553c31e9e62cd3172d16c03/samples-old/NativeModuleSample). Implementations for both C# and C++/WinRT are provided.
 
 For further examples of using the dynamic `JSValue` type, see [Using `JSValue`](native-modules-jsvalue.md).
 

docs/native-modules.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ title: Native Modules
 > **This documentation and the underlying platform code is a work in progress.**
 > **Examples (C# and C++/WinRT):**
 >
-> - [Native Module Sample in `microsoft/react-native-windows-samples`](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/tree/main/samples-old/NativeModuleSample)
+> - [Native Module Sample in `microsoft/react-native-windows-samples`](https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows-samples/tree/a87d8404c42e189d1553c31e9e62cd3172d16c03/samples-old/NativeModuleSample)
 
 Sometimes an app needs access to a platform API that React Native doesn't have a corresponding module for yet. Maybe you want to reuse some existing .NET code without having to re-implement it in JavaScript, or write some high performance, multi-threaded code for image processing, a database, or any number of advanced extensions.