swiftlint-autodetect

Rust-based tool to autodetect a base set of swiftlint rules.

Installation

Via homebrew:

brew tap schwa/schwa
brew install swiftlint-autodetect

Or directly via cargo:

cargo install --git https://github.com/schwa/swiftlint-autodetect

To run swiftlint-autodetect, swiftlint must be installed and on your path.

Usage

Casey Liss wrote up a good description of how to use swiftlint-autodetect here: https://www.caseyliss.com/2021/12/29/swiftlint-autodetect. This write-up is based on the previous Python version of the tool, but the usage is similar.

# Count the number of violations of _all_ SwiftLint rules in the given directory
$ swiftlint-autodetect count
# Output a SwiftLint configuration that disables all rules that are violated in the given directory.
$ swiftlint-autodetect generate --count
# Save a SwiftLint configuration that disables all rules that are violated in the given directory.
$ swiftlint-autodetect generate --count --output .swiftlint.yml

Help

$ swiftlint-autodetect generate --help
Generate a SwiftLint configuration, by disabling rules with a minimum number of violations

Usage: swiftlint-autodetect generate [OPTIONS] [PATH]

Arguments:
  [PATH]  Path to the project [default: .]

Options:
  -c, --counts
          Include violation counts in the generated configuration
  -o, --output <OUTPUT>
          Output path for the generated configuration
  -m, --minimum-violations <MINIMUM_VIOLATIONS>
          Minimum number of violations required to disable a rule [default: 1]
  -i, --ignore-fixable
          Don't disable fixable rules
  -h, --help
          Print help

Counting Violations

To show an ordered list of rules, and the number of violations per rule use the count subcommand.

This subcommand also highlights rules that can be corrected with swiftlint --fix

$ swiftlint-autodetect count ~/Projects/Demos
explicit_acl: 2182
explicit_type_interface: 1669
identifier_name: 622
missing_docs: 409
type_contents_order: 335
explicit_top_level_acl: 321
implicit_return (*): 306
let_var_whitespace: 295
line_length: 294
force_unwrapping: 260
vertical_whitespace_between_cases (*): 167
nesting: 165
orphaned_doc_comment: 140
file_types_order: 140
indentation_width: 134
required_deinit: 117
trailing_comma (*): 106
todo: 106

Configuration

Save a file at ~/.config/swiftlint-autodetect/config.toml. Currently supported keys are 'always_disabled_rules' to specify rules that always disabled for all projects regardless of violation count, e.g.:

always_disabled_rules = ["yoda_condition"]

How this works

swiftlint-autodetect queries swiftlint for the full list of rules and creates a temporary swiftlint config file enabling all these rules. It then performs a lint operation on the source code at the path specified and finds out which rules would be violated. It then outputs a configuration disabling the violated rules.