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Configuration in Mega-Linter

Variable Description Default value
DART_DARTANALYZER_ARGUMENTS User custom arguments to add in linter CLI call
Ex: -s --foo "bar"
DART_DARTANALYZER_FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE Custom regex including filter
Ex: (src\|lib)		 Include every file
DART_DARTANALYZER_FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE Custom regex excluding filter
Ex: (test\|examples)		 Exclude no file
DART_DARTANALYZER_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		 {linter.cli_lint_mode}
DART_DARTANALYZER_FILE_EXTENSIONS Allowed file extensions. "*" matches any extension, "" matches empty extension. Empty list excludes all files
Ex: [".py", ""]		 [".dart"]
DART_DARTANALYZER_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
DART_DARTANALYZER_PRE_COMMANDS List of bash commands to run before the linter None
DART_DARTANALYZER_POST_COMMANDS List of bash commands to run after the linter None
DART_DARTANALYZER_CONFIG_FILE dartanalyzer configuration file name
Use LINTER_DEFAULT to let the linter find it		 analysis_options.yml
DART_DARTANALYZER_RULES_PATH Path where to find linter configuration file Workspace folder, then Mega-Linter default rules
DART_DARTANALYZER_DISABLE_ERRORS Run linter but consider errors as warnings false
DART_DARTANALYZER_DISABLE_ERRORS_IF_LESS_THAN Maximum number of errors allowed 0

IDE Integration

Use dartanalyzer in your favorite IDE to catch errors before Mega-Linter !

IDE Extension Name Install
IDEA dart-jetbrains-plugin
Visual Studio Code dart-code Install in VsCode

Mega-Linter Flavours

This linter is available in the following flavours

Flavor Description Embedded linters Info
all Default Mega-Linter Flavor 94 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
dart Optimized for DART based projects 41 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls

Behind the scenes

How are identified applicable files

  • File extensions: .dart

How the linting is performed

  • dartanalyzer is called one time by identified file

Example calls

dartanalyzer --fatal-infos --fatal-warnings myfile.dart

dartanalyzer --fatal-infos --fatal-warnings --options analysis_options.yml myfile.dart

Help content

Usage: dartanalyzer [options...] <directory or list of files>

    --dart-sdk                    The path to the Dart SDK.
    --options                     Path to an analysis options file.
    --package-root                The path to a package root directory (deprecated). This option cannot be used with --packages.
    --[no-]declaration-casts      Disable declaration casts in strong mode (https://goo.gl/cTLz40)
                                  This option is now ignored and will be removed in a future release.
    --[no-]implicit-casts         Disable implicit casts in strong mode (https://goo.gl/cTLz40).
    --no-implicit-dynamic         Disable implicit dynamic (https://goo.gl/m0UgXD).
    --packages                    The path to the package resolution configuration file, which supplies a mapping of package names
                                  to paths. This option cannot be used with --package-root.
    --[no-]lints                  Show lint results.
    --format                      Specifies the format in which errors are displayed; the only currently allowed value is 'machine'.
    --version                     Print the analyzer version.
    --enable-experiment           Enable one or more experimental features. If multiple features are being added, they should be comma separated.
    --no-hints                    Do not show hint results.
    --fatal-infos                 Treat infos as fatal.
    --fatal-warnings              Treat non-type warnings as fatal.
-h, --help                        Display this help message. Add --verbose to show hidden options.
-v, --verbose                     Verbose output.
    --default-language-version    The default language version when it is not specified via other ways (internal, tests only).

Run "dartanalyzer -h -v" for verbose help output, including less commonly used options.
For more information, see https://www.dartlang.org/tools/analyzer.

Installation on mega-linter Docker image

  • Dockerfile commands :
ARG DART_VERSION='2.8.4'
ARG GLIBC_VERSION='2.31-r0'
RUN wget --tries=5 -q -O /etc/apk/keys/sgerrand.rsa.pub https://alpine-pkgs.sgerrand.com/sgerrand.rsa.pub \
    && wget --tries=5 -q https://github.com/sgerrand/alpine-pkg-glibc/releases/download/${GLIBC_VERSION}/glibc-${GLIBC_VERSION}.apk \
    && apk add --no-cache glibc-${GLIBC_VERSION}.apk && rm glibc-${GLIBC_VERSION}.apk \
    && wget --tries=5 https://storage.googleapis.com/dart-archive/channels/stable/release/${DART_VERSION}/sdk/dartsdk-linux-x64-release.zip -O - -q | unzip -q - \
    && chmod +x dart-sdk/bin/dart* \
    && mv dart-sdk/bin/* /usr/bin/ && mv dart-sdk/lib/* /usr/lib/ && mv dart-sdk/include/* /usr/include/ \
    && rm -r dart-sdk/

Example success log

Results of dartanalyzer linter (version 0.0.0)
See documentation on https://nvuillam.github.io/mega-linter/descriptors/dart_dartanalyzer/
-----------------------------------------------

[SUCCESS] .automation/test/dart/dart_good_1.dart
    Analyzing .automation/test/dart/dart_good_1.dart...
    No issues found!

Example error log

Results of dartanalyzer linter (version 0.0.0)
See documentation on https://nvuillam.github.io/mega-linter/descriptors/dart_dartanalyzer/
-----------------------------------------------

[ERROR] .automation/test/dart/dart_bad_1.dart
    Analyzing .automation/test/dart/dart_bad_1.dart...
      lint • Use `;` instead of `{}` for empty constructor bodies. • .automation/test/dart/dart_bad_1.dart:4:25 • empty_constructor_bodies
    1 lint found.