Update doc for available lints
Summary: - Mention many new linters now included. - Basic description of .arclint + example - Move Philosophy sections above Configuration sections. Test Plan: compile with bin/diviner. Reviewers: #blessed_reviewers, epriestley Reviewed By: #blessed_reviewers, epriestley Subscribers: joshuaspence, hach-que, epriestley, Korvin Differential Revision: https://secure.phabricator.com/D9000
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Arcanist ships with bindings for these linters:
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Arcanist ships with bindings for these linters:
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- [[http://www.jshint.com/ | JSHint]], a Javascript linter based on JSHint.
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- [[http://www.jshint.com/ | JSHint]], a Javascript linter.
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See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistJSHintLinter}.
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See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistJSHintLinter}.
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- [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pep8 | PEP8]], a Python linter.
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- [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pep8 | PEP8]],
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See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPEP8Linter}.
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[[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyflakes | Pyflakes]],
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- [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyflakes | Pyflakes]], another Python linter.
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[[https://flake8.readthedocs.org/ | Flake8]], and
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See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPyFlakesLinter}.
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[[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylint | Pylint]] - various Python linters.
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- [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylint | Pylint]], yet another Python linter.
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See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPEP8Linter},
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See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPyLintLinter}.
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistPyFlakesLinter},
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistFlake8Linter},
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and @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPyLintLinter}.
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- [[http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer | PHP CodeSniffer]], a
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- [[http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer | PHP CodeSniffer]], a
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PHP linter. See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPhpcsLinter}.
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PHP linter. See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPhpcsLinter}.
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- [[http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/ | Cppcheck]] and
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[[http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cpplint/cpplint.py |
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cpplint.py]], two checkers for C++. See
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistCppcheckLinter} and
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistCpplintLinter} respectively.
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- [[https://github.com/hach-que/cstools | cslint]], a C# linting tool based on
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[[http://stylecop.codeplex.com/ | StyleCop]]. See
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistCSharpLinter}.
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- [[http://puppet-lint.com/ | puppet-lint]], a linter for
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[[http://puppetlabs.com/ | Puppet]] manifests. See
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistPuppetLintLinter}.
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- [[http://www.ruby-lang.org | Ruby]]'s built-in checker. See
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistRubyLinter}.
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- [[http://www.scala-sbt.org/ | sbt]], a built tool for Scala. See
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistScalaSBTLinter}.
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- [[http://csslint.net/ | CSSLint]], for CSS:
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistCSSLintLinter}.
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- [[https://github.com/less/less.js | lessc]], error detection in
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[[http://lesscss.org/ | LESS]] code. @{class@arcanist:ArcanistLesscLinter}.
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- [[http://php.net/simplexml | SimpleXML]] for XML files.
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistXMLLinter}.
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Arcanist also ships with generic bindings which can be configured to parse the
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Arcanist also ships with generic bindings which can be configured to parse the
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output of a broad range of lint programs:
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output of a broad range of lint programs:
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marked unlintable.
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marked unlintable.
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- @{class@arcanist:ArcanistGeneratedLinter}, which can disable lint for
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- @{class@arcanist:ArcanistGeneratedLinter}, which can disable lint for
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generated files.
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generated files.
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- @{class@arcanist:ArcanistMergeConflictLinter}, which detects unresolved
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merge conflicts.
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Finally, Arcanist has special-purpose linters:
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Finally, Arcanist has special-purpose linters:
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- use a generic binding like @{class@arcanist:ArcanistScriptAndRegexLinter}
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- use a generic binding like @{class@arcanist:ArcanistScriptAndRegexLinter}
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and drive the integration through configuration.
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and drive the integration through configuration.
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= Configuring Lint =
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Arcanist's lint integration involves two major components: linters and lint
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engines.
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Linters themselves are programs which detect problems in a source file. Usually
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a linter is an external script, which Arcanist runs and passes a path to, like
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`jshint` or `pep8.py`. The script emits some messages, and Arcanist parses
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the output into structured errors. A piece of glue code (like
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistJSHintLinter} or
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistPEP8Linter}) handles calling the external script and
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interpreting its output.
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Lint engines coordinate linters, and decide which linters should run on which
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files. For instance, you might want to run `jshint` on all your `.js` files,
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and `pep8.py` on all your `.py` files. And you might not want to lint anything
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in `externals/` or `third-party/`, and maybe there are other files which you
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want to exclude or apply special rules for.
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To configure arc for lint, you specify the name of a lint engine, and possibly
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provide some additional configuration. To name a lint engine, set `lint.engine`
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in your `.arcconfig` to the name of a class which extends
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistLintEngine}. For more information on `.arcconfig`, see
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@{article:Arcanist User Guide: Configuring a New Project}.
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You can also set a default lint engine by setting `lint.engine` in your global
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user config with `arc set-config lint.engine`, or specify one explicitly with
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`arc lint --engine <engine>`.
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The available engines are:
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- @{class@arcanist:ComprehensiveLintEngine}, which runs a wide array of
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linters on many types of files. This is probably of limited use in any real
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project because it is overbroad, but is a good starting point for getting
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lint doing things.
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- @{class@arcanist:ArcanistSingleLintEngine}, which runs a single linter on
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every file unconditionally. This can be used with a glue linter like
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistScriptAndRegexLinter} to put engine logic in an
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external script.
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- A custom engine you write. For most projects, lint rules are sufficiently
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specialized that this is the best option. For instructions on writing a
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custom lint engine, see
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@{article:Arcanist User Guide: Customizing Lint, Unit Tests and Workflows}
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and @{class@arcanist:ExampleLintEngine}.
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= Using Lint to Improve Code Review =
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= Using Lint to Improve Code Review =
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Code review is most valuable when it's about the big ideas in a change. It is
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Code review is most valuable when it's about the big ideas in a change. It is
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valuable to have the linter not only say "the convention is to put a space
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valuable to have the linter not only say "the convention is to put a space
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after comma in a function call" but to fix it for you.
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after comma in a function call" but to fix it for you.
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= Configuring Lint =
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Most built in linters can be setup by creating a file named `.arclint` in the
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workspace root, which is read by
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistConfigurationDrivenLintEngine}.
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It's a JSON file, which should look something like:
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{
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"linters" : {
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"sample" : {
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"type" : "pep8",
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"include" : "(\\.py$)",
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"exclude" : "(^exclude.py)",
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"severity" : {
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"E401" : "warning"
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}
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}
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}
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- The key (`sample`) is only used for reporting,
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- `type` (`pep8`) is used to find the right linter,
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- `include` and `exclude` specify paths to run linter on, and
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- `severity` is specified by the linter implementation; Other linters may
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define other configurable values.
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You may specify many linters in a single `.arclint` file; For an example, see
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[[https://github.com/epriestley/arclint-examples/ | the arclint-examples
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repository]].
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Currently available linter types are: `csharp`, `filename`, `csslint`,
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`flake8`, `jshint`, `jsonlint`, `lessc`, `pep8`, `phpcs`, `puppet-lint`,
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`pyflakes`, `ruby`, `generated`, `nolint`, `script-and-regex`,
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`spelling`, `text`, `xml`.
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= Legacy Setups: Using arcconfig =
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Integration with linters that do not (yet) fully support `.arclint` involves two
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major components: linters and lint engines.
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Linters themselves are programs which detect problems in a source file. Usually
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a linter is an external script, which Arcanist runs and passes a path to, like
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`jshint` or `pep8.py`. The script emits some messages, and Arcanist parses
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistJSHintLinter} or
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistPEP8Linter}) handles calling the external script and
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interpreting its output.
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Lint engines coordinate linters, and decide which linters should run on which
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files. For instance, you might want to run `jshint` on all your `.js` files,
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and `pep8.py` on all your `.py` files. And you might not want to lint anything
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in `externals/` or `third-party/`, and maybe there are other files which you
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want to exclude or apply special rules for.
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To configure arc for lint, you specify the name of a lint engine, and possibly
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provide some additional configuration. To name a lint engine, set `lint.engine`
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in your `.arcconfig` to the name of a class which extends
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistLintEngine}. For more information on `.arcconfig`, see
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@{article:Arcanist User Guide: Configuring a New Project}.
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You can also set a default lint engine by setting `lint.engine` in your global
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user config with `arc set-config lint.engine`, or specify one explicitly with
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`arc lint --engine <engine>`.
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The available engines are:
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- @{class@arcanist:ComprehensiveLintEngine}, which runs a wide array of
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linters on many types of files. This is probably of limited use in any real
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project because it is overbroad, but is a good starting point for getting
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lint doing things.
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- @{class@arcanist:ArcanistSingleLintEngine}, which runs a single linter on
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every file unconditionally. This can be used with a glue linter like
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@{class@arcanist:ArcanistScriptAndRegexLinter} to put engine logic in an
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external script.
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- A custom engine you write. For most projects, lint rules are sufficiently
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@{article:Arcanist User Guide: Customizing Lint, Unit Tests and Workflows}
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and @{class@arcanist:ExampleLintEngine}.
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= Next Steps =
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= Next Steps =
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