18F eslint
This app wraps the eslint configuration described in the TTS engineering practices guide, to make it easier to get started. To use, first install:
npm install @18f/eslint
This will install all the appropriate base configurations, plugins, and
prettier. (Since eslint 6, installing these in your local project is
recommended, even if you're using a globally-installed eslint or running with
npx
.) It will also create (or update) a .eslintrc
file with the base
configuration and add a prettier
configuration to your `package.json. (This is
primarily to enable code editors to pick it up.)
To run the 18F-configured eslint on your application, you can either use npx
,
or add it as a script to your package.json
. By default, it will lint all
files supported by eslint starting at the current directory, but you can also
specify paths to lint in the command line arguments:
# Lint all the things
npx @18f/18f-eslint
# Lint some of the things
npx @18f/18f-eslint src
Or in package.json
:
{
...
"scripts": {
"lint": "18f-eslint"
}
}
Once the script is defined, you can run it with npm run lint
.
The command line arguments are passed to the eslint lintFiles
method.
They can be a combination of file names, directory names, or glob patterns. Note
that if you're using globs, they should be wrapped in quotes so that they are
not evaluated by the shell.
Configuration
By default, your application will be configured to extend the airbnb
and
prettier
base configurations. It will also enable the es6
environment. If
your project uses React, it will also extend the prettier/react
configuration
and enable the browser
environment; otherwise, it will enable the node
environment.
All of these configurations can be overridden or extended by your local
.eslintrc.*
file. The configuration provided by this library is presented to
eslint as a base, and your local, project-level configurations will supercede
it. By default, it's probably safest not to define an env
or extends
property in your own config file, but you certainly can if necessary.
If your project is written for ES5 or below, install eslint-config-airbnb-base/legacy)
and update your eslintrc
file to include it in the extends
property.
The script determins whether or not your project project is a React project by
finding the nearest package.json
and looking for react
in either your
dependencies or dev-dependencies.
GitHub Action
There is a GitHub Action that makes it easy to add 18F-eslint to your CI/CD pipeline. In addition, this package can configure the action for you:
npx -p @18f/18f-eslint install-action
This will add an 18F-eslint GitHub action to your repo for each package.json
file. If you have a monorepo, it should more-or-less just work. It defaults to
linting all Javascript files under each path, but you can tweak the workflow
to suit your needs. See the documentation
for more info about configuration the action.
Under the hood
The 18F eslint wrapper imports our recommended eslint rules and plugins, those specified by the Airbnb JavaScript style guide.
- For all projects
- For React projects:
- For ES6/2015 projects that don't use React:
Public domain
This project is in the worldwide public domain. As stated in CONTRIBUTING:
This project is in the public domain within the United States, and copyright and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication.
All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest.