[ci] place all CI helpers under the .ci folder and use - instead of _ in their names (#6581)

.github/workflows/triggering_comments.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Trigger R valgrind tests
       if: github.event.comment.body == '/gha run r-valgrind'
       run: |
-        $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci/trigger_dispatch_run.sh \
+        $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci/trigger-dispatch-run.sh \
           "${{ github.event.issue.pull_request.url }}" \
           "${{ github.event.comment.id }}" \
           "gha_run_r_valgrind"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Trigger update R configure
       if: github.event.comment.body == '/gha run r-configure'
       run: |
-        $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci/trigger_dispatch_run.sh \
+        $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci/trigger-dispatch-run.sh \
           "${{ github.event.issue.pull_request.url }}" \
           "${{ github.event.comment.id }}" \
           "gha_run_r_configure"

.vsts-ci.yml

@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ jobs:
       git clean -d -f -x
     displayName: 'Clean source directory'
   - script: |
-      cmd /c "powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File %BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY%/.ci/install_opencl.ps1"
+      cmd /c "powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File %BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY%/.ci/install-opencl.ps1"
     condition: eq(variables['TASK'], 'bdist')
     displayName: 'Install OpenCL'
   - script: |
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ jobs:
       cmd /c "conda config --add channels conda-forge"
       cmd /c "conda config --set channel_priority strict"
       cmd /c "conda init powershell"
-      cmd /c "powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File %BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY%/.ci/test_windows.ps1"
+      cmd /c "powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File %BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY%/.ci/test-windows.ps1"
     displayName: Test
   - task: PublishBuildArtifacts@1
     condition: and(succeeded(), in(variables['TASK'], 'regular', 'bdist', 'swig'), not(startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/pull/')))
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ jobs:
       artifactName: R-package
       downloadPath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/R
   - script: |
-      python "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/.nuget/create_nuget.py" "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/binaries/PackageAssets"
+      python "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/.ci/create-nuget.py" "$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/binaries/PackageAssets"
     displayName: 'Create NuGet configuration files'
   - task: NuGetCommand@2
     inputs:

docs/Parameters.rst

-..  List of parameters is auto generated by LightGBM\helpers\parameter_generator.py from LightGBM\include\LightGBM\config.h file.
+..  List of parameters is auto generated by LightGBM\.ci\parameter-generator.py from LightGBM\include\LightGBM\config.h file.
 
 .. role:: raw-html(raw)
     :format: html

docs/README.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ and `Breathe <https://breathe.readthedocs.io/>`__, which works on top of `Doxyge
 
 List of parameters and their descriptions in `Parameters.rst <./Parameters.rst>`__
 is generated automatically from comments in `config file <https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/blob/master/include/LightGBM/config.h>`__
-by `this script <https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/blob/master/helpers/parameter_generator.py>`__.
+by `this script <https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/blob/master/.ci/parameter-generator.py>`__.
 
 After each commit on ``master``, documentation is updated and published to `Read the Docs <https://lightgbm.readthedocs.io/>`__.
 

src/io/config_auto.cpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in the project root for license information.
  *
  * \note
- * This file is auto generated by LightGBM\helpers\parameter_generator.py from LightGBM\include\LightGBM\config.h file.
+ * This file is auto generated by LightGBM\.ci\parameter-generator.py from LightGBM\include\LightGBM\config.h file.
  */
 #include<LightGBM/config.h>
 namespace LightGBM {