coffeelint

coffeelint documentation

• Version in MegaLinter: 5.2.9
• Visit Official Web Site
• See How to configure coffeelint rules
  • If custom .coffee-lint.json config file is not found, .coffee-lint.json will be used
• See How to disable coffeelint rules in files
• See Index of problems detected by coffeelint

Configuration in MegaLinter

• Enable coffeelint by adding COFFEE_COFFEELINT in ENABLE_LINTERS variable
• Disable coffeelint by adding COFFEE_COFFEELINT in DISABLE_LINTERS variable

Variable	Description	Default value
COFFEE_COFFEELINT_ARGUMENTS	User custom arguments to add in linter CLI call Ex: -s --foo "bar"
COFFEE_COFFEELINT_FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE	Custom regex including filter Ex: (src\|lib)	Include every file
COFFEE_COFFEELINT_FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE	Custom regex excluding filter Ex: (test\|examples)	Exclude no file
COFFEE_COFFEELINT_CLI_LINT_MODE	Override default CLI lint mode - file: Calls the linter for each file - list_of_files: Call the linter with the list of files as argument - project: Call the linter from the root of the project	file
COFFEE_COFFEELINT_FILE_EXTENSIONS	Allowed file extensions. "*" matches any extension, "" matches empty extension. Empty list excludes all files Ex: [".py", ""]	[".coffee"]
COFFEE_COFFEELINT_FILE_NAMES_REGEX	File name regex filters. Regular expression list for filtering files by their base names using regex full match. Empty list includes all files Ex: ["Dockerfile(-.+)?", "Jenkinsfile"]	Include every file
COFFEE_COFFEELINT_PRE_COMMANDS	List of bash commands to run before the linter	None
COFFEE_COFFEELINT_POST_COMMANDS	List of bash commands to run after the linter	None
COFFEE_COFFEELINT_CONFIG_FILE	coffeelint configuration file name Use LINTER_DEFAULT to let the linter find it	.coffee-lint.json
COFFEE_COFFEELINT_RULES_PATH	Path where to find linter configuration file	Workspace folder, then MegaLinter default rules
COFFEE_COFFEELINT_DISABLE_ERRORS	Run linter but consider errors as warnings	false
COFFEE_COFFEELINT_DISABLE_ERRORS_IF_LESS_THAN	Maximum number of errors allowed	0

IDE Integration

Use coffeelint in your favorite IDE to catch errors before MegaLinter !

	IDE	Extension Name	Install
	Atom	linter-coffeelint	Visit Web Site
	IDEA	coffeelint

MegaLinter Flavours

This linter is available in the following flavours

	Flavor	Description	Embedded linters	Info
	all	Default MegaLinter Flavor	101
	javascript	Optimized for JAVASCRIPT or TYPESCRIPT based projects	51

Behind the scenes

How are identified applicable files

• File extensions: .coffee

How the linting is performed

• coffeelint is called one time by identified file

Example calls

coffeelint myfile.coffee

coffeelint -f .coffee-lint.json myfile.coffee

Help content

Usage: coffeelint [options] source [...]

Options:
  -f, --file          Specify a custom configuration file.
      --rules         Specify a custom rule or directory of rules.
      --makeconfig    Prints a default config file                     [boolean]
      --trimconfig    Compares your config with the default and prints a minimal
                      configuration                                    [boolean]
      --noconfig      Ignores any config file.                         [boolean]
  -h, --help          Show help                                        [boolean]
  -v, --version       Show version number                              [boolean]
  -r                  (not used, but left for backward compatibility)  [boolean]
      --reporter      built in reporter (default, csv, jslint, checkstyle, raw),
                      or module, or path to reporter file.
      --csv           [deprecated] use --reporter csv                  [boolean]
      --jslint        [deprecated] use --reporter jslint               [boolean]
      --nocolor       [deprecated] use --color=never                   [boolean]
      --checkstyle    [deprecated] use --reporter checkstyle           [boolean]
      --color=<when>  When to colorize the output. <when> can be one of always,
                      never , or auto.
  -s, --stdin         Lint the source from stdin                       [boolean]
  -q, --quiet         Only print errors.                               [boolean]
      --literate      Used with --stdin to process as Literate CoffeeScript
                                                                       [boolean]
  -c, --cache         Cache linting results                            [boolean]
      --ext           Specify an additional file extension, separated by comma.

Installation on mega-linter Docker image

• NPM packages (node.js):
  • @coffeelint/cli