[docs] docs: debloat templating.md (-72 lines, -21.6%)

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Reduces docs/src/content/docs/reference/templating.md from 334 lines to 262 lines (-72 lines, -21.6%) while preserving all technical content.

What was improved

File: docs/src/content/docs/reference/templating.md

Bloat removed

Section	Before	After	Change
Common Use Cases	4 near-identical \{\\{\#runtime-import}} examples	2 combined examples showing file + URL with line range	-26 lines
Error Handling	5 separate fenced code blocks (one per error type)	Compact 5-row table	-25 lines
Caching	5 bullet-point list + paragraph	2-sentence prose	-6 lines
Security Features – Content Sanitization	Paragraph + nested "This prevents:" bullet list	Single inline paragraph	-7 lines
URL Imports	Paragraph + two separate labeled examples	Paragraph + single combined code block	-8 lines

What was preserved

• All technical details (path restrictions, caching duration, SHA256 keying, error messages, processing order)
• All code examples (condensed, not removed)
• All links to related documentation
• Frontmatter and page structure

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Pull request overview

Reduces verbosity in the templating reference documentation by consolidating repetitive examples and compressing several sections while aiming to preserve the same technical guidance.

Changes:

• Consolidated URL import examples and simplified related prose.
• Compressed security, caching, and processing-order sections into shorter descriptions.
• Replaced multiple error-handling code blocks with a compact table.

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (2)

docs/src/content/docs/reference/templating.md:253

• The “Path traversal” row truncates the actual error and drops the (resolves to: ...) detail that’s included in the thrown message (actions/setup/js/runtime_import.cjs:775-777). For accuracy/troubleshooting, include the full message (or at least indicate that the resolved path is reported).

| Path traversal | `Security: Path ../src/main.go must be within .github folder` |

docs/src/content/docs/reference/templating.md:254

• The “GitHub Actions macros” row doesn’t match the actual runtime-import error format. Unauthorized expressions throw a multi-line error like <source> contains unauthorized GitHub Actions expressions: followed by a bullet list and allowed categories (actions/setup/js/runtime_import.cjs:413-425). Please update this row to reflect the real message structure/content.

| GitHub Actions macros | `File template.md contains GitHub Actions macros (${{ ... }}) which are not allowed in runtime imports` |

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This heading says the URL example includes a line range, but the URL import shown doesn’t specify one (it’s a plain .../api-checklist.md). Either update the heading or add a :start-end suffix to the URL so the example matches the described feature.

Suggested change

	{{#runtime-import https://company.com/security/api-checklist.md}}
	{{#runtime-import https://company.com/security/api-checklist.md:10-50}}

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{{#runtime-import docs/engine.go:100-150}} is ambiguous given the runtime-import path resolution rules. The runtime importer rewrites paths that don’t start with .github/ to live under .github/workflows/ (actions/setup/js/runtime_import.cjs:731-734), so this will resolve to .github/workflows/docs/engine.go, not .github/docs/engine.go. Adjust the example path/text to match the actual resolution you intend.

Suggested change

	{{#runtime-import docs/engine.go:100-150}}
	{{#runtime-import workflows/docs/engine.go:100-150}}

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The “File not found” error message is shown without the outer wrapper that runtime-import processing adds. In the implementation, errors are rethrown as Failed to process runtime import for <path>: <inner error> (actions/setup/js/runtime_import.cjs:951-954). Consider showing the full user-facing message (or explicitly noting it’s the inner error only).

This issue also appears in the following locations of the same file:

• line 253
• line 254

Suggested change

	These examples show the inner error messages only. At runtime, errors are wrapped as:
	`Failed to process runtime import for <path>: <inner error>`.

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The Content Sanitization text says GitHub Actions expressions (${{ ... }}) are "rejected with error", but runtime imports actually allow a safe subset of expressions and only reject unauthorized ones (see docs earlier under “Permitted expressions” and implementation in actions/setup/js/runtime_import.cjs:processExpressions). Please reword to reflect that only unauthorized/unsafe expressions are rejected.

Suggested change

	**Content Sanitization:** YAML front matter and HTML/XML comments are automatically stripped. GitHub Actions expressions (`${{ ... }}`) are **rejected with error** to prevent template injection and unintended variable expansion.
	**Content Sanitization:** YAML front matter and HTML/XML comments are automatically stripped. Only permitted GitHub Actions expressions (`${{ ... }}`) are evaluated; unauthorized expressions are **rejected with error** to prevent template injection and unintended variable expansion.