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MegaLinter generates content of a .cspell.json config file at the end of its TextReporter artifact

Copy it at the root of your repository, read it, remove real spelling errors (after have corrected them in the source), and you're good to go !

If you do not want cspell to analyze the files names, define SPELL_CSPELL_ANALYZE_FILE_NAMES to false

cspell documentation

cspell - GitHub

Configuration in MegaLinter

Variable Description Default value
SPELL_CSPELL_ANALYZE_FILE_NAMES If set to true, MegaLinter will also send file names to cspell for analysis. Disable by defining SPELL_CSPELL_ANALYZE_FILE_NAMES to false true
SPELL_CSPELL_ARGUMENTS User custom arguments to add in linter CLI call
Ex: -s --foo "bar"
SPELL_CSPELL_FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE Custom regex including filter
Ex: (src\|lib)
Include every file
SPELL_CSPELL_FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE Custom regex excluding filter
Ex: (test\|examples)
Exclude no file
SPELL_CSPELL_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
list_of_files
SPELL_CSPELL_FILE_EXTENSIONS Allowed file extensions. "*" matches any extension, "" matches empty extension. Empty list excludes all files
Ex: [".py", ""]
Exclude every file
SPELL_CSPELL_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
SPELL_CSPELL_PRE_COMMANDS List of bash commands to run before the linter None
SPELL_CSPELL_POST_COMMANDS List of bash commands to run after the linter None
SPELL_CSPELL_CONFIG_FILE cspell configuration file nameUse LINTER_DEFAULT to let the linter find it .cspell.json
SPELL_CSPELL_RULES_PATH Path where to find linter configuration file Workspace folder, then MegaLinter default rules
SPELL_CSPELL_DISABLE_ERRORS Run linter but consider errors as warnings false
SPELL_CSPELL_DISABLE_ERRORS_IF_LESS_THAN Maximum number of errors allowed 0

IDE Integration

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

IDE Extension Name Install
Visual Studio Code Code Spell Checker Install in VSCode

MegaLinter Flavours

This linter is available in the following flavours

Flavor Description Embedded linters Info
all Default MegaLinter Flavor 114 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
cupcake MegaLinter for the most commonly used languages 82 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
documentation MegaLinter for documentation projects 48 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
dotnet Optimized for C, C++, C# or VB based projects 60 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
go Optimized for GO based projects 50 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
java Optimized for JAVA based projects 51 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
javascript Optimized for JAVASCRIPT or TYPESCRIPT based projects 57 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
php Optimized for PHP based projects 51 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
python Optimized for PYTHON based projects 59 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
ruby Optimized for RUBY based projects 48 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
rust Optimized for RUST based projects 48 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
salesforce Optimized for Salesforce based projects 51 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
swift Optimized for SWIFT based projects 48 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
terraform Optimized for TERRAFORM based projects 53 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls

Behind the scenes

How are identified applicable files

  • If this linter is active, all files linted by all other active linters will be linted

How the linting is performed

  • cspell is called once with the list of files as arguments (list_of_files CLI lint mode)

Example calls

cspell myfile.any
cspell -c cspell.json myfile.any

Help content

Usage: cspell [options] [command]

Spelling Checker for Code

Options:
  -V, --version                         output the version number
  -h, --help                            display help for command

Commands:
  lint [options] [globs...]             Check spelling
  trace [options] [words...]            Trace words -- Search for words in the
                                        configuration and dictionaries.
  check [options] <files...>            Spell check file(s) and display the
                                        result. The full file is displayed in
                                        color.
  suggestions|sug [options] [words...]  Spelling Suggestions for words.
  link                                  Link dictionaries and other settings to
                                        the cspell global config.
  help [command]                        display help for command

Installation on mega-linter Docker image

  • NPM packages (node.js):