From 02d8a845d6185fe83780167e9b2f66db3f5b9475 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Frybarger <pfrybar@frymail.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:14:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add missing parameter from github catalog config
 definition

Signed-off-by: Paul Frybarger <pfrybar@frymail.net>
---
 plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/config.d.ts | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/config.d.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/config.d.ts
index cc197f3ec7..c94593b985 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/config.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-github/config.d.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ export interface Config {
              * Default: `/catalog-info.yaml`.
              */
             catalogPath?: string;
+            /**
+             * (Optional) Whether to validate locations that exist before emitting them.
+             * Default: `false`.
+             */
+            validateLocationsExist?: boolean;
             /**
              * (Optional) Filter configuration.
              */

From 16648ef7acbfc2470c8b6fefa232a15b6be93653 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Frybarger <pfrybar@frymail.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:49:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add changeset

Signed-off-by: Paul Frybarger <pfrybar@frymail.net>
---
 .changeset/large-kings-protect.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/large-kings-protect.md

diff --git a/.changeset/large-kings-protect.md b/.changeset/large-kings-protect.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..363e2b7759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/large-kings-protect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-github': patch
+---
+
+Added `validateLocationsExist` to the config definition where it was missing.