git_linter 0.0.4

A git command to lint everything in your workspace (or stage) that was changed since the last commit.

Git Lint

A git command that automatically runs identifiable linters against changed files in current repository or staging.

• Free software: MIT license

Git Lint runs a configurable set of syntax, style, and complexity checkers against changed files in your current working directory or staging area. It can be configured to work with any lint command. Some commands may require shell wrappers.

While it may be possible to create a custom lint command in your npm, grunt, Make, CMake, or whatever, the fact is we all use a VCS, and most of us use git. Having a centralized repository for what we want checked and how we want it checked, associated with git (and by extension, as a pre-commit hook), that can be run at any time for any reason.

Features

• Highly configurable - configuration files, both for git-lint and individual linters, can be global or per-project.

• Only checks files that have been changed, but this can be overriden from the command line.

• Can be used directly as a pre-commit hook, to ensure you personally don’t check in anything broken.

  • Used this way, it checks the staging area, not your workspace.

  • When using the staging area, it stashes your current work. Upon restoration of your workspace, it ensures the timestamps are the same, so as not to confuse your build system or IDE.

Credits

The completion of this project was graciously sponsored by my employer, Splunk <http://splunk.com>.

Disclaimer

This software, including provided configuration and documentation materials, is provided “as is” without any warranties, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness, performance, or quality. In no event shall the author or sponsor be liable for any special, direct, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this software. Each user of the program will agree and understand, and be deemed to have agreed and understood, that there is no warranty whatsoever for the program and, accordingly, the entire risk arising from or otherwise connected with the program is assumed by the user.

History

0.0.2 (2015-05-22)

Pre-commit version

0.0.04 (2016-09-26)

Moved to “git lint” and optioned the hell out of it.