Re: [Codenarc-user] What do you think of merging rulesets?

[Evgeny G. <ev...@gm...>]

Thanks, Chris!

That's exactly what I was looking for.
Will try it out to separate local rules from the default ones.


On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 03:15, Chris Mair <chr...@ea...> wrote:

> Hi Evgeny,****
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> I think you can already do most, if not all, of what you are requesting.**
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> I just tested using this ruleset:****
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> *ruleset {*
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> * *
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> *    description 'A Sample Groovy RuleSet'*
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> * *
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> *    ruleset("
> http://codenarc.sourceforge.net/StarterRuleSet-AllRulesByCategory.groovy.txt")
> {*
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> * *
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> *                BracesForClass(enabled:false)  // Map syntax for setting
> properties*
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> * *
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> *                BracesForForLoop {                         // Closure
> syntax for setting properties*
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> *                                enabled = false*
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> *                }*
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> *    }*
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> *}*
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> And it applies ALL of the rules minus the two that I disabled. ****
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> That being said, I would not recommend referencing the “StarterRuleSet”
> from the CodeNarc site because, as you mentioned, its contents change
> immediately with each new release (and possibly even at other times) and
> would break your builds. So, perhaps you would substitute something like
> “MyDefaultCodeNarcRuleSet.groovy”.****
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> I’m not sure I understand what you mean when you refer to the “first set”
> and “second set” of rules. But the above example illustrates the recommended
> approach for having a global/default ruleset and allowing projects/teams to
> customize it for a specific codebase. And any property values set in this
> ruleset override properties from the “default” ruleset that it includes (the
> “StarterRuleSet..” in this case).****
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> I don’t have a great answer yet for how to migrate to the new version of
> CodeNarc, when more rules become available. In my case, I select the new
> rules that I want to include and ignore or disable the ones I don’t. I
> wonder how useful it would be to include a list of new rule names for each
> new release, suitable for copy-paste into an existing ruleset?****
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> Chris****
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> *From:* Evgeny Goldin [mailto:ev...@gm...]
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 07, 2011 5:42 PM
> *To:* cod...@li...
> *Subject:* [Codenarc-user] What do you think of merging rulesets?****
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> Hi,
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> Today, I keep a copy of StarterRuleSet-AllRulesByCategory.groovy.txt<http://codenarc.sourceforge.net/StarterRuleSet-AllRulesByCategory.groovy.txt> in
> each project with some modifications where rules are disabled or tuned to
> match project preferences.****
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> It's not very convenient since I need to update this large file for every
> new CodeNarc version, merging new rules added by CodeNarc and existing rules
> configured locally.****
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> Would it better if one could reference to:****
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>    1. Default (probably remote) set of all rules like the one available on
>    the Web today.
>    If one decided to reference the default ruleset on CodeNarc site then
>    he should be aware of a need to upgrade CodeNarc version immediately when a
>    newer version is released as the default ruleset contains new rules,
>    not recognized by older CodeNarc (or we can ask CodeNarc not to fail on
>    unknown rules - this will make it more friendly and "forward compatible").
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>    2. Local set of rules, overriding the default set for any collision by
>    commenting out rules, disabling them (see below) or changing their
>    configuration.****
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> I understand that when rule is commented out in the second set, then it
> simply doesn't exist and if it's defined in the first set then it's enabled.
> ****
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> But .. it would be nice if CodeNarc could see the rule is actually
> "disabled" in the second set. May be some new syntax for disabling rules can
> be added if commenting them out makes it harder.****
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> Like a general "enabled" property for all rules and then one could write *"BracesForClass
> { enabled = false }"* in the second local set.****
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> I also see with 0.15 if first ruleset contains *"LineLength { length =
> 120 }"* and second  *"LineLength { length = 160 }"* then first value (120)
> is still used by CodeNarc.****
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> So .. what do you think of merging rulesets?****
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> Warm regards,****
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> Evgeny****
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> evgeny-goldin.com****
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