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 [COMMAND]

Commands:
  vf          Validate single .editorconfig file
  vd          Validate all found .editorconfig files in a directory and all its children
  c           Compare two .editorconfig files
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help        Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -h, --help     Print help information
  -V, --version  Print version information