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# 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):
```sh
brew tap aegoroff/tap
```
And then install editorconfiger:
```sh
brew install editorconfiger
```
Update editorconfiger if already installed:
```sh
brew upgrade editorconfiger
```
**scoop**:
```sh
scoop bucket add aegoroff https://github.com/aegoroff/scoop-bucket.git
scoop install editorconfiger
```
**AUR (Arch Linux User Repository)**:
install binary package:
```sh
yay -S editorconfiger-bin
```
or if yay reports that package not found force updating repo info
```sh
yay -Syyu editorconfiger-bin
```
install using cargo so builiding on target machine:
```sh
yay -S editorconfiger
```
or if yay reports that package not found force updating repo info
```sh
yay -Syyu editorconfiger
```
**manually**:
Download the pre-compiled binaries from the [releases](https://github.com/aegoroff/editorconfiger/releases) and
copy to the desired location. RPM and DEB packages are available to install under RedHat or Debian based Linux distros.
**install deb package on Arch Linux**:
1. Install [debtap](https://github.com/helixarch/debtap) from AUR using yay:
```sh
yay -S debtap
```
2. Create equivalent package using debtap:
```sh
sudo debtap -u
debtap editorconfiger_x.x.x_amd64.deb
```
3. Install using pacman:
```sh
sudo pacman -U editorconfiger-x.x.x-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
```
## 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
```