tslint-auto-fix

Watches your files for changes, runs them through TSLint's fix function, then overwrites them if they have been fixed.

Uses your existing TSLint configuration.

It's good for productivity, helping your team conform to whatever TS style guide you choose without worrying about text editor plugins or additional setup. Heck, you could have different projects using totally different style guides, and your developers won't care whether they have to write semicolons or not.

Installation

npm i --save-dev tslint-auto-fix

Usage

npx tslint-auto-fix

Or add it to your package.json

{
  "scripts": {
    "fix-ts": "tslint-auto-fix"
  }
}

Command Line Options

--help to show the help message

--project to specify your Typescript configuration. Defaults to tsconfig.json.

--verbose to report whenever a file is changed.

--format to specify which TSLint format to use. Defaults to prose, which is probably what you want.

[globs-to-watch] are all the file globs you want tslint-auto-fix to watch. You can pass multiple globs.

Example:

npx tslint-auto-fix "src/**/*.ts" "cli.ts" "bin/*.ts"

Quote 'em!

Because your shell loves to expand * characters, you'll probably want to put these in quotes. Otherwise it'll feed a limited number of file paths to tslint-auto-fix, and should you add new files that would match that initial glob, they won't be fixed.

Example:

npx tslint-auto-fix "lib/*.ts"

The above will probably do what you want. If a new file is added in the lib folder, tslint-auto-fix will watch it and fix it automatically without requiring you to restart the process.

However:

npx tslint-auto-fix lib/*.ts

Without the quotes this will only watch the .ts files that are present in the lib folder at the time this process starts.

Defaults

If you don't provide the file globs to watch, it will watch all files in your project ending in .ts and .tsx.

Peer Dependency

This module has a peer dependency on TSLint. If you don't already have that installed in your project, add it to your "devDependencies" in package.json. If anything weird is going on, check the version requirements and let me know.

Limitations

What can be fixed is limited by what TSLint can fix.