editorconfiger

editorconfiger is the plain tool to validate and compare .editorconfig files

Install the pre-compiled binary

homebrew (only on macOS and Linux for now):

Add my tap (do it once):

brew tap aegoroff/tap

And then install editorconfiger:

brew install editorconfiger

Update editorconfiger if already installed:

brew upgrade editorconfiger

scoop:

scoop bucket add aegoroff https://github.com/aegoroff/scoop-bucket.git
scoop install editorconfiger

manually:

Download the pre-compiled binaries from the releases and copy to the desired location. RPM and DEB packages are available to install under RedHat or Debian based Linux distros.

Command line syntax:

USAGE:
    editorconfiger [SUBCOMMAND]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

SUBCOMMANDS:
    c       Compare two .editorconfig files
    help    Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
    vd      Validate all found .editorconfig files in a directory and all its children
    vf      Validate single .editorconfig file