From 36cc7229085e4daaa40dcd93944fd641188220ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Heston Hoffman <heston.hoffman@datadoghq.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 08:56:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Exempt "Java Virtual Machine" from VM abbreviation rule

The Virtual Machine -> VM substitution was firing on "Java Virtual
Machine", which is a standard term that shouldn't be abbreviated.
---
 styles/Datadog/abbreviations.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/styles/Datadog/abbreviations.yml b/styles/Datadog/abbreviations.yml
index 7cebc5d..360b905 100644
--- a/styles/Datadog/abbreviations.yml
+++ b/styles/Datadog/abbreviations.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ swap:
   '\bTransport Layer Security\b': TLS
   '\bUser Interface\b': UI
   '\bUniform Resource Locator\b': URL
-  '\bVirtual Machine\b': VM
+  '(?<!Java )\bVirtual Machine\b': VM
   '\bVirtual Private Network\b': VPN
   '\bExtensible Markup Language\b': XML