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Update doc for available lints

Summary:
- Mention many new linters now included.
- Basic description of .arclint + example
- Move Philosophy sections above Configuration sections.

Test Plan: compile with bin/diviner.

Reviewers: #blessed_reviewers, epriestley

Reviewed By: #blessed_reviewers, epriestley

Subscribers: joshuaspence, hach-que, epriestley, Korvin

Differential Revision: https://secure.phabricator.com/D9000
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@ -39,16 +39,40 @@ write new bindings fairly easily if you have custom tools.
Arcanist ships with bindings for these linters:
- [[http://www.jshint.com/ | JSHint]], a Javascript linter based on JSHint.
- [[http://www.jshint.com/ | JSHint]], a Javascript linter.
See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistJSHintLinter}.
- [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pep8 | PEP8]], a Python linter.
See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPEP8Linter}.
- [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyflakes | Pyflakes]], another Python linter.
See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPyFlakesLinter}.
- [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylint | Pylint]], yet another Python linter.
See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPyLintLinter}.
- [[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pep8 | PEP8]],
[[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyflakes | Pyflakes]],
[[https://flake8.readthedocs.org/ | Flake8]], and
[[http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylint | Pylint]] - various Python linters.
See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPEP8Linter},
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistPyFlakesLinter},
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistFlake8Linter},
and @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPyLintLinter}.
- [[http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer | PHP CodeSniffer]], a
PHP linter. See @{class@arcanist:ArcanistPhpcsLinter}.
- [[http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/ | Cppcheck]] and
[[http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cpplint/cpplint.py |
cpplint.py]], two checkers for C++. See
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistCppcheckLinter} and
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistCpplintLinter} respectively.
- [[https://github.com/hach-que/cstools | cslint]], a C# linting tool based on
[[http://stylecop.codeplex.com/ | StyleCop]]. See
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistCSharpLinter}.
- [[http://puppet-lint.com/ | puppet-lint]], a linter for
[[http://puppetlabs.com/ | Puppet]] manifests. See
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistPuppetLintLinter}.
- [[http://www.ruby-lang.org | Ruby]]'s built-in checker. See
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistRubyLinter}.
- [[http://www.scala-sbt.org/ | sbt]], a built tool for Scala. See
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistScalaSBTLinter}.
- [[http://csslint.net/ | CSSLint]], for CSS:
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistCSSLintLinter}.
- [[https://github.com/less/less.js | lessc]], error detection in
[[http://lesscss.org/ | LESS]] code. @{class@arcanist:ArcanistLesscLinter}.
- [[http://php.net/simplexml | SimpleXML]] for XML files.
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistXMLLinter}.
Arcanist also ships with generic bindings which can be configured to parse the
output of a broad range of lint programs:
@ -73,6 +97,8 @@ Additionally, Arcanist ships with some general purpose linters:
marked unlintable.
- @{class@arcanist:ArcanistGeneratedLinter}, which can disable lint for
generated files.
- @{class@arcanist:ArcanistMergeConflictLinter}, which detects unresolved
merge conflicts.
Finally, Arcanist has special-purpose linters:
@ -89,51 +115,6 @@ You can add support for new linters in three ways:
- use a generic binding like @{class@arcanist:ArcanistScriptAndRegexLinter}
and drive the integration through configuration.
= Configuring Lint =
Arcanist's lint integration involves two major components: linters and lint
engines.
Linters themselves are programs which detect problems in a source file. Usually
a linter is an external script, which Arcanist runs and passes a path to, like
`jshint` or `pep8.py`. The script emits some messages, and Arcanist parses
the output into structured errors. A piece of glue code (like
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistJSHintLinter} or
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistPEP8Linter}) handles calling the external script and
interpreting its output.
Lint engines coordinate linters, and decide which linters should run on which
files. For instance, you might want to run `jshint` on all your `.js` files,
and `pep8.py` on all your `.py` files. And you might not want to lint anything
in `externals/` or `third-party/`, and maybe there are other files which you
want to exclude or apply special rules for.
To configure arc for lint, you specify the name of a lint engine, and possibly
provide some additional configuration. To name a lint engine, set `lint.engine`
in your `.arcconfig` to the name of a class which extends
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistLintEngine}. For more information on `.arcconfig`, see
@{article:Arcanist User Guide: Configuring a New Project}.
You can also set a default lint engine by setting `lint.engine` in your global
user config with `arc set-config lint.engine`, or specify one explicitly with
`arc lint --engine <engine>`.
The available engines are:
- @{class@arcanist:ComprehensiveLintEngine}, which runs a wide array of
linters on many types of files. This is probably of limited use in any real
project because it is overbroad, but is a good starting point for getting
lint doing things.
- @{class@arcanist:ArcanistSingleLintEngine}, which runs a single linter on
every file unconditionally. This can be used with a glue linter like
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistScriptAndRegexLinter} to put engine logic in an
external script.
- A custom engine you write. For most projects, lint rules are sufficiently
specialized that this is the best option. For instructions on writing a
custom lint engine, see
@{article:Arcanist User Guide: Customizing Lint, Unit Tests and Workflows}
and @{class@arcanist:ExampleLintEngine}.
= Using Lint to Improve Code Review =
Code review is most valuable when it's about the big ideas in a change. It is
@ -187,6 +168,87 @@ lint tools at Facebook:
valuable to have the linter not only say "the convention is to put a space
after comma in a function call" but to fix it for you.
= Configuring Lint =
Most built in linters can be setup by creating a file named `.arclint` in the
workspace root, which is read by
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistConfigurationDrivenLintEngine}.
It's a JSON file, which should look something like:
{
"linters" : {
"sample" : {
"type" : "pep8",
"include" : "(\\.py$)",
"exclude" : "(^exclude.py)",
"severity" : {
"E401" : "warning"
}
}
}
Where:
- The key (`sample`) is only used for reporting,
- `type` (`pep8`) is used to find the right linter,
- `include` and `exclude` specify paths to run linter on, and
- `severity` is specified by the linter implementation; Other linters may
define other configurable values.
You may specify many linters in a single `.arclint` file; For an example, see
[[https://github.com/epriestley/arclint-examples/ | the arclint-examples
repository]].
Currently available linter types are: `csharp`, `filename`, `csslint`,
`flake8`, `jshint`, `jsonlint`, `lessc`, `pep8`, `phpcs`, `puppet-lint`,
`pyflakes`, `ruby`, `generated`, `nolint`, `script-and-regex`,
`spelling`, `text`, `xml`.
= Legacy Setups: Using arcconfig =
Integration with linters that do not (yet) fully support `.arclint` involves two
major components: linters and lint engines.
Linters themselves are programs which detect problems in a source file. Usually
a linter is an external script, which Arcanist runs and passes a path to, like
`jshint` or `pep8.py`. The script emits some messages, and Arcanist parses
the output into structured errors. A piece of glue code (like
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistJSHintLinter} or
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistPEP8Linter}) handles calling the external script and
interpreting its output.
Lint engines coordinate linters, and decide which linters should run on which
files. For instance, you might want to run `jshint` on all your `.js` files,
and `pep8.py` on all your `.py` files. And you might not want to lint anything
in `externals/` or `third-party/`, and maybe there are other files which you
want to exclude or apply special rules for.
To configure arc for lint, you specify the name of a lint engine, and possibly
provide some additional configuration. To name a lint engine, set `lint.engine`
in your `.arcconfig` to the name of a class which extends
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistLintEngine}. For more information on `.arcconfig`, see
@{article:Arcanist User Guide: Configuring a New Project}.
You can also set a default lint engine by setting `lint.engine` in your global
user config with `arc set-config lint.engine`, or specify one explicitly with
`arc lint --engine <engine>`.
The available engines are:
- @{class@arcanist:ComprehensiveLintEngine}, which runs a wide array of
linters on many types of files. This is probably of limited use in any real
project because it is overbroad, but is a good starting point for getting
lint doing things.
- @{class@arcanist:ArcanistSingleLintEngine}, which runs a single linter on
every file unconditionally. This can be used with a glue linter like
@{class@arcanist:ArcanistScriptAndRegexLinter} to put engine logic in an
external script.
- A custom engine you write. For most projects, lint rules are sufficiently
specialized that this is the best option. For instructions on writing a
custom lint engine, see
@{article:Arcanist User Guide: Customizing Lint, Unit Tests and Workflows}
and @{class@arcanist:ExampleLintEngine}.
= Next Steps =
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