# Nu-Lint
Linter for the innovative [Nu](https://www.nushell.sh/) shell.
Learning to use a new shell is a radical change that can use some assistance. This project is aimed at helping new and intermediate users of the [Nu](https://www.nushell.sh/) shell. Nu shell has a lot of useful features not found in other scripting languages. This linter will give you hints to use all of them and even offer automatic fixes.
All rules are optional and can be disabled with a configuration file. The rule definitions are designed to be compatible with:
- The standard Nu parser [nu-check](https://www.nushell.sh/commands/docs/nu-check.html).
- The standard Nu formatter [topiary-nushell](https://github.com/blindFS/topiary-nushell).
## Example
The rule `positional_to_pipeline` recommends to use pipelines instead of positional arguments:
```nu
def filter-positive [numbers] {
$numbers | where $it > 0
}
```
```nu
def filter-positive [] {
where $it > 0
}
```
This encourages lazy pipeline input: a positional list argument loads all data into memory at once, while implicit pipeline input processes elements one at a time.
## CLI usage
For all available options and usage information, run:
```bash
nu-lint # Lint all Nu files in working directory
nu-lint --help
```
More than 90 rules are available on The CLI. Some of them need further testing and improvement. Please make an issue on the issue tracker to report any bugs.
`documentation` - Improve relevance of actionability of user-facing messages.
- `add_doc_comment_exported_fn`
- `descriptive_error_messages`
- `add_label_to_error`
- `add_help_to_error`
- `add_span_to_label`
- `add_url_to_error`
- `main_positional_args_docs`
- `main_named_args_docs`
- `max_positional_params`
`error-handling` - Error handling best practices
- `check_complete_exit_code`
- `descriptive_error_messages`
- `escape_string_interpolation_operators`
- `exit_only_in_main`
- `missing_stdin_in_shebang` (auto-fix)
- `non_final_failure_check`
- `use_error_make_for_catch` (auto-fix)
- `try_instead_of_do`
- `errors_to_stderr`
- `unsafe_dynamic_record_access` (auto-fix)
`external-tools` - Replace common external CLI tools.
- `use_builtin_curl` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_eza` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_fd` (auto-fix)
- `replace_jq_with_nu_get` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_rg` (auto-fix)
- `unnecessary_hat` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_wget` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_which` (auto-fix)
`formatting` - Formatting according to Nushell guidelines.
- `collapsible_if` (auto-fix)
- `forbid_excessive_nesting`
- `too_many_lines`
- `replace_if_else_chain_with_match` (auto-fix)
- `brace_spacing`
- `no_trailing_spaces`
- `omit_list_commas`
- `pipe_spacing` (auto-fix)
- `reflow_wide_pipelines` (auto-fix)
- `reflow_wide_lists`
- `wrap_wide_records`
`naming` - Follow official naming conventions
- `kebab_case_commands`
- `screaming_snake_constants`
- `snake_case_variables` (auto-fix)
`performance` - May yield performance improvements
- `avoid_self_import`
- `avoid_nu_subprocess`
- `use_builtin_is_not_empty` (auto-fix)
- `dispatch_with_subcommands`
- `shorten_with_compound_assignment` (auto-fix)
- `unnecessary_accumulate`
- `lines_instead_of_split` (auto-fix)
- `parse_instead_of_split` (auto-fix)
- `turn_positional_into_stream_input` (auto-fix)
- `while_counter`
- `loop_counter`
- `where_instead_each_then_if`
- `filter_collect_with_where`
- `remove_redundant_in` (auto-fix)
- `row_condition_above_closure` (auto-fix)
- `unnecessary_variable_before_return` (auto-fix)
- `inline_single_use_function`
- `items_instead_of_transpose_each` (auto-fix)
- `merge_get_cell_path` (auto-fix)
- `merge_multiline_print` (auto-fix)
- `redundant_ignore` (auto-fix)
- `unnecessary_mut` (auto-fix)
- `unused_helper_functions` (auto-fix)
`posix-tools` - Replace common bash/POSIX commands.
- `ignore_over_dev_null` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_awk` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_cat` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_cut` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_date` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_echo` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_find` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_grep` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_head` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_cd` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_ls` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_read` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_sed` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_sort` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_tail` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_uniq` (auto-fix)
- `use_builtin_wc` (auto-fix)
`side-effects` - Handle risky and unpredictable commands.
- `dangerous_file_operations`
- `separate_local_remote_io`
- `print_and_return_data`
- `silence_side_effect_only_each` (auto-fix)
`systemd` - When used in combination with systemd services
- `add_journal_prefix` (auto-fix)
- `attach_loglevel_to_log_statement` (auto-fix)
`type-safety` - Encourage annotations with type hints.
- `external_script_as_argument`
- `add_type_hints_arguments` (auto-fix)
- `prefer_path_type` (auto-fix)
- `typed_pipeline_io` (auto-fix)
- `avoid_nu_subprocess`
`upstream` - Forward warnings and errors of the upstream Nushell parser.
- `nu_deprecated`
- `nu_parse_error`
## Installation
From crates.io:
```bash
cargo install nu-lint
```
### Source
Build from source:
```bash
cargo install --path .
```
### Nix
Run without installing (using flakes):
```bash
nix run git+https://codeberg.org/wvhulle/nu-lint
```
## Editor extension
### VS Code extension
Available at [VS Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=WillemVanhulle.nu-lint).
### Helix
Add to your `~/.config/helix/languages.toml`:
```toml
[language-server.nu-lint]
command = "nu-lint"
args = ["--lsp"]
[[language]]
name = "nu"
language-servers = ["nu-lint"]
```
### Neovim
Add to your Neovim configuration (Lua):
```lua
vim.lsp.config['nu-lint'] = {
cmd = { 'nu-lint', '--lsp' },
filetypes = { 'nu' },
root_markers = { '.git' }
}
vim.lsp.enable('nu-lint')
```
### Emacs
Add to your Emacs configuration (with Eglot, built-in since Emacs 29):
```elisp
(with-eval-after-load 'eglot
(add-to-list 'eglot-server-programs
'(nushell-mode "nu-lint" "--lsp")))
```
### Kate
Add to your `~/.config/kate/lspclient/settings.json`:
```json
{
"servers": {
"nushell": {
"command": ["nu-lint", "--lsp"],
"highlightingModeRegex": "^Nushell$"
}
}
}
```
### Other
You can also implement your own editor extensions using the `--lsp` flag as in: `nu-lint --lsp`. This will spawn a language server compliant with the [Language Server Protocol](https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/specifications/lsp/3.17/specification/).
## Configuration
Create `.nu-lint.toml` in your project root:
```toml
# This rule is ignored
ignored = ["snake_case_variables"]
# Set lint level of a set of rules at once.
[groups]
performance = "warning"
type-safety = "error"
# Override a single rule lievel
[rules]
dispatch_with_subcommands = "hint"
```