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stylint - cli stylus linter.

see patch notes here for info on ver differences:

https://github.com/rossPatton/stylint/blob/master/patch-notes.md

known issues:

https://github.com/rossPatton/stylint/issues

If you have any problems with the linter just create a ticket there and I will respond.

Same thing if you have any feature requests.

I will gladly accept pull requests as well.

you can also ping me here:

https://gitter.im/rossPatton/stylint

CLI

-h or --help Display list of commands

-w or --watch Watch file or directory and run lint on change

-c or --config Pass in location of custom config file

-s or --strict Run all tests, regardless of config

-v or --version Display current version

Example CLI Usage:

stylint Run stylint on cwd

stylint path/to/styl -s Run stylint in strict mode, for masochists

stylint path/to/filename.styl Run stylint on a file

stylint path/to/dir -w Watch dir, run stylint on file change

stylint -h Get list of commands

stylint -v Get version number

stylint -c path/to/config/.configrc Run stylint with custom config settings

stylint styl/ -w -c path/to/config/.configrc Watch dir, use custom config

Example Gulp Usage

So there's no gulp/grunt plugin for this yet, but no worries, just use a shell plugin like so:

gulp.task('stylint', shell.task([
    'stylint path/to/styl/ -c .stylintrc'
]));

Why Write This Tool?

Stylus is my CSS pre-processor of choice and the lack of a decent linter (or really, any linter) was an annoying pain point. So I thought i'd try my hand at writing what I thought my ideal linter would look like.

Why Use This Tool?

To catch little mistakes (duplication of rules for instance) and to enforce a code style guide. This is particularly important with Stylus, which is unopinionated when it comes to syntax. Ideally by 1.0 or earlier this tool will eventually allow you to enforce as little, or as much, syntax as you like.

Options

The following is a list of the options available to stylinter. Use the -c or --config flag to pass in the location of your custom .stylintrc config file if you want to change the defaults. Alternatively, you could pass the -s or --strict flag to run stylint as though everything was set to true, config file or not.

The default settings are pretty weak and unopinionated (i think). If you want to enforce a particular styleguide, you'll have to set up your own config file. Below is the default config.

{
    "alphabetical": true,
    "borderNone": true,
    "brackets": false,
    "colons": false,
    "commaSpace": true,
    "commentSpace": false,
    "cssLiteral": false,
    "depthLimit": false,
    "duplicates": true,
    "efficient": true,
    "enforceVarStyle": false,
    "enforceBlockStyle": false,
    "extendPref": false,
    "globalDupe": false,
    "indentSpaces": 4,
    "leadingZero": true,
    "maxWarnings": 10,
    "maxWarningsKill": false,
    "mixed": false,
    "namingConvention": false,
    "parenSpace": false,
    "placeholders": true,
    "semicolons": false,
    "Whitespace": true,
    "universal": true,
    "valid": false,
    "zeroUnits": true,
    "zIndexDuplicates": false,
    "zIndexNormalize": false
}

warning toggle (inline comment: @stylint off || @stylint on)

Disable linting for a particular block of code by placing @stylint off in a line comment. Re-enable by placing @stylint on in a line comment farther down. Linter will not test any lines until turned back on. Use this to suppress warnings on a case by case basis. By default the linter will check every line except for @css blocks or places where certain rules have exceptions.

alphabetical (default: true, boolean)

Prefer alphabetical ordering when declaring properties.

Example if true:

prefer this:

.some-class
    border 1px solid black
    margin 0
    padding 0

over this:

.some-class
    padding 0
    margin 0
    border 1px solid black

borderNone (default: true, boolean)

Check for places where border 0 could be used instead of border none

Example if true: prefer border 0 over border none

brackets (default: false, boolean)

Brackets are optional in stylus (except in hashes). If set to true, throws a warning if a bracket is used outside of a hash.

Example if true: prefer .some-class-name over .some-class-name {

colons (default: false, boolean)

Checks for existence of unecessary colons. Does not throw a warning if colon is used inside a hash.

Example if true: prefer margin 0 over margin: 0

commaSpace (default: true, boolean)

Enforce spaces after commas.

Example if true: prefer rgba(0, 0, 0, .18) over rgba(0,0,0,.18)

commentSpace (default: false, boolean)

Enforce spaces after line comments.

Example if true: prefer // comment over //comment

cssLiteral (default: false, boolean)

By default stylint ignores @css blocks. If set to true however, it will throw a warning if @css is used.

Example if true: @css will throw a warning

duplicates (default: true, boolean)

Checks if selector or property duplicated unecessarily. By default, only checks on a file by file basis, but if globalDupes: true is set, then it will also check for duplicates globally (for root values only).

Example if true: the following will throw a warning:

.test
    margin 0
    margin 5px

depthLimit (default: false, number or false)

Set the max selector depth. If set to 4, max selector depth will be 4 indents. Pseudo selectors like &:first-child or &:hover won't count towards the limit.

Set to false if you don't want to check for this.

efficient (default: true, boolean)

Check for places where properties can be written more efficiently.

Example if true: prefer margin 0 over margin 0 0

enforceBlockStyle (default: false, boolean)

Enforce use of @block when defining a block variable.

Example: prefer myBlock = @block over myBlock =

enforceVarStyle (default: false, boolean)

Enforce use of $ when defining a variable. In Stylus using a $ when defining a variable is optional, but a good idea if you want to prevent ambiguity. Not including the $ sets up situations where you wonder, is this a variable or a value? For instance: padding $default is easier to understand than padding default.

Yes, default isn't an acceptable value for padding, but at first glance you might not catch that. And now if you try to set cursor default, it's not gonna behave the way you expect. All this pain and heartache could've been avoided if you just used a $.

Example: prefer $my-var = 0 over my-var = 0

extendPref (default: false, string or false)

Pass in either @extend or @extends and then enforce that. Both are valid in stylus. It doesn't really matter which one you use. I prefer @extends myself.

Example if set to @extends: prefer @extends $some-var over @extend $some-var

Example if set to @extend: prefer @extend $some-var over @extend $some-var

globalDupes (default: false, boolean)

Works in conjunction with duplicates. Does nothing on it's own. If false, duplicates will check for dupes within individual files only. If true, duplicates will check for dupes across all files.

Example if true: the following will throw a warning

>>> file1.styl
.test
    margin 0

>>> file2.styl
.test
    margin 5px

indentSpaces (default: 4, number or false)

This works in conjunction with depthLimit. If you indent with spaces this to the number of spaces you indent with. If you use hard tabs, set this value to false.

By default this value is 4, so if you indent with hard tabs or 2 spaces you will need to manually set this value in a custom .stylintrc file. With default settings, this means the depth limit is 4 indents of 4 spaces each.

leadingZero (default: true, boolean)

Checking for unecessary leading zeroes on decimal points. You don't need them.

Example: prefer rgba( 0, 0, 0, .5 ) over rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.5 )

maxWarnings (default: 10, number)

Set 'max' number of warnings. Currently this just displays a slightly sterner message. Womp womp.

maxWarningsKill (default: false, boolean)

If set to true, then Stylint will throw an error if total # of warnings goes over the limit set in maxWarnings.

mixed (default: false, boolean, relies on indentPref)

Returns true if mixed spaces and tabs are found. If a number is passed to indentPref (4 is the default), it assumes soft tabs (ie, spaces), and if false is passed to indentPref it assumes hard tabs.

If soft tabs, throws warning if hard tabs used. If hard tabs, throws warning if unnecessary extra spaces found.

Example if indentPref: 4 and mixed: true: prefer \s\s\s\smargin\s0 over \tmargin\s0

Example if indentPref: 2 and mixed: true: prefer \s\smargin\s0 over \tmargin\s0

Example if indentPref: false and mixed: true: prefer \tmargin\s0 over \s\s\s\smargin\s0

namingConvention (default: false, false | 'lowercase-dash' | 'lowercase-underscore' | 'camelCase')

Enforce a particular naming convention when declaring classes, ids, and variables. Throws a warning if you don't follow the convention. If set to false, allow any convention.

Example if set to 'lowercase-dash': prefer $var-name over $var_name or $varName

Example if set to 'lowercase-underscore': prefer $var_name over $var-name or $varName

Example if set to 'camelCase': prefer $varName over $var_name or $var-name

Example if set to 'BEM': prefer $var__like--this over $var_name or $varName

parenSpace (default: false, boolean)

Enforce use of extra spaces inside parens.

This option used to be called mixinSpace, and you can still call it that if you want, but I will remove the old option by 1.0 probably.

Example: prefer my-mixin( $myParam ) over my-mixin($myParam)

semicolons (default: false, boolean)

Look for unecessary semicolons.

Example: prefer margin 0 over margin 0;

trailingWhitespace (default: true, boolean)

Looks for trailing whitespace. Throws a warning if any found.

universal (default: true, boolean)

Looks for instances of the inefficient * selector. Lots of resets use this, for good reason (resetting box model), but past that you really don't need this selector, and you should avoid it if possible.

valid (default: false, boolean)

Check that a property is a valid css or html property. Currently just checks properties, value checks will come soon.

Example if true: marg 0 will throw a warning, prefer margin 0

zeroUnits (default: true, boolean)

Looks for instances of 0px. You don't need the px. Checks all units, not just px.

Example: prefer margin-right 0 over margin-right 0em

zIndexDuplicates (default: false, boolean)

If a z-index value has been used before, throw a warning. Is this useful? WHO KNOWS

Example if true: the follow throws a warning

.test
    z-index 5

.test
    z-index 5

Doesn't take into considering stacking contexts yet so, and i'm not sure it ever will, so good luck if you try to use this. Small projects might get some use out of this.

zIndexNormalize (default: false, number or false)

Enforce some (very) basic z-index sanity. Any number passed in will be used as the base for your z-index values. Throws an error if your value is not normalized.

Example if set to 5: prefer z-index 10 over z-index 9 Example if set to 10: prefer z-index 20 over z-index 15 Example if set to 50: prefer z-index 100 over z-index 75

Doesn't take into considering stacking contexts yet so, and i'm not sure it ever will, so good luck if you try to use this. Small projects might get some use out of this.