todolint

Lets you check projects for TODOs, FIXMEs, and other tags.

Install:

npm install todolint

Usage:

cd your_project
npx todolint

Configuration:

todolint reads configuration from a file in the same directory it is run named .todolintrc.json. An example of the file is shown at the end of this documentation. All fields in the file are optional.

.todolintrc.json Options:

• root: The base directory name or an array of base directory names where todolint will scan recursively. Defaults to the current directory.
• ignore: An array of glob patterns that will match directories or files to be ignored. Defaults to an empty array.
• tags: An array of tag objects to scan for with the following required structure:
  • name: The name of the tag.
  • regex: The regular expression used to identify the tag. Matches of the regular expression in a file are replaced from the beginning of the line to the end of the match with the label for this tag.
  • label: The label shown in the command's output for a given tag.
  • style: An array of chalk styles to be applied to the tag and message (e.g. ["red", "bgBlue", "underline", "bold"]). Defaults to an empty array.
• warn: An object defining the warning behavior for the command with the following options:
  • limit: The number of messages to allow before showing a warning. Defaults to no limit. Note that if warn.fail is set, this defaults to 0.
  • tags: An array of tag names. Only the tag names included will contribute to the warning count. Defaults to all tags.
  • message: The message to display when a warning is given. Defaults to a message indicating there are more items than the warn limit.
  • fail: A boolean that indicates whether the command should return a failure status if a warning is given. Defaults to false.

Usage with gulp:

While todolint does not support gulp directly with streams, it does offer a callback option. To use with gulp, you can do the following:

var todolint = require('todolint');
gulp.task('todolint', function (done) {
    todolint(done);
});

Example .todolintrc.json:

{
    "root": "src",
    "warn": {
        "limit": 4,
        "tags": [ "TODO", "FIXME", "HACK", "BUG", "XXX" ],
        "message": "",
        "fail": true
    },
    "tags": [
        {
            "name": "TODO",
            "regex": "TODO",
            "label": "✓ TODO",
            "style": ["cyan"]
        },
        {
            "name": "NOTE",
            "regex": "NOTE",
            "label": "✐ NOTE",
            "style": ["green"]
        },
        {
            "name": "FIXME",
            "regex": "FIXME",
            "label": "⚠ FIXME",
            "style": ["red"]
        },
        {
            "name": "BUG",
            "regex": "BUG",
            "label": "☠ BUG",
            "style": ["white", "bgRed", "underline"]
        },
        {
            "name": "HACK",
            "regex": "HACK",
            "label": "✄ HACK",
            "style": ["yellow"]
        },
        {
            "name": "XXX",
            "regex": "XXX",
            "label": "✗ XXX",
            "style": ["black", "bgYellow"]
        }
    ],
    "ignore": [
        ".git",
        "node_modules",
        "*.swp"
    ]
}