coolint 3.0.0

Recommended lints for cool apps, packages, and plugins to encourage good coding practices.

3.0.0

BREAKING

• Minimum Dart SDK version bumped from ^3.8.0 to ^3.13.2.
• Enabled strict mode in analyzer (strict-casts: true, strict-inference: true, strict-raw-types: true).
• Removed deprecated coolint.yaml entrypoint in favor of explicit flutter.yaml or dart.yaml.

Added

• New preset package:coolint/flutter_package.yaml specifically tailored for public Flutter UI packages and widget libraries (includes diagnostic_describe_all_properties and public_member_api_docs).
• 25 new lint rules:
  • async_return_with_no_await
  • avoid_bool_literals_in_conditional_expressions
  • avoid_multiple_declarations_per_line
  • avoid_type_to_string
  • avoid_types_on_closure_parameters
  • comment_references
  • diagnostic_describe_all_properties (in flutter_package.yaml)
  • empty_container_bodies
  • exhaustive_cases
  • initialize_in_field_declaration
  • literal_only_boolean_expressions
  • no_dynamic_casts
  • no_literal_bool_comparisons
  • null_closures
  • prefer_mixin
  • public_member_api_docs (in flutter_package.yaml)
  • simple_directive_paths
  • simplify_variable_pattern
  • unnecessary_breaks
  • unnecessary_const_in_enum_constructor
  • unnecessary_primary_constructor_body
  • unnecessary_type_name_in_constructor
  • use_declaring_parameters
  • use_named_constants
  • use_null_aware_elements
  • use_setters_to_change_properties
• Added default exclude patterns (.github/**, build/**, **/.dart_tool/**) in dart.yaml and platform folders (android/**, ios/**) in flutter.yaml.

Changed

• Reformatted all lint rules in dart.yaml from list syntax to explicit map syntax (rule_name: true).

Removed

• Removed deprecated lib/coolint.yaml (use package:coolint/flutter.yaml or package:coolint/dart.yaml).
• Removed deprecated dart_code_metrics section from dart.yaml.
• Removed deprecated lint rules: avoid_private_typedef_functions and use_if_null_to_convert_nulls_to_bools.

2.1.2

Changed

• Disabled avoid_catches_without_on_clauses and lines_longer_than_80_chars rules by commenting them out.
• Removed no-equal-then-else from dart_code_metrics rules.

2.1.1

Added

• A comprehensive set of new lint rules inspired by pedantic_mono and ubuntu_linter for even stricter code analysis.
• A full example project to demonstrate the linter's usage and rules in action.
• New badges to the README.md for likes, pub points, and downloads.
• A "Show your support" section to the README.md with custom "linted by coolint" badges.
• CONTRIBUTING.md and a friendly CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md to encourage community participation.
• Issue and Pull Request templates to streamline contributions.

Changed

• BREAKING CHANGE: The linter rules are now split into two files to support pure Dart projects and Flutter projects separately.
  • package:coolint/dart.yaml: For pure Dart projects.
  • package:coolint/flutter.yaml: For Flutter projects (includes all Dart rules).
• BREAKING CHANGE: The dependency on package:lints has been removed. All rules are now vendored directly within the package. This gives coolint full control and stability over the ruleset, independent of external packages.
• The README.md has been significantly updated to reflect the new modular structure and all other improvements.
• The dependabot.yml file has been improved to also update GitHub Actions.
• The AUTHORS file has been restructured for clarity.
• The syntax of the dart.yaml file has been updated to use the list format for active rules and commented-out lines for disabled rules, improving readability.

Removed

• Removed the external dependency on package:lints.

2.1.0

Added

• A wide range of new linter rules to enforce stricter code quality and consistency.
• New rules include: unnecessary_underscores, strict_top_level_inference, invalid_runtime_check_with_js_interop_types, unnecessary_library_name, and library_annotations.
• The coolint.yaml file is now fully documented and organized into logical categories for better readability and maintenance.
• A new, more comprehensive README.md has been created to better explain the project's philosophy and usage.

Changed

• The severity of invalid_assignment and only_throw_errors has been increased to error.
• The rule format in coolint.yaml has been corrected to use key: value pairs, fixing an issue with disabled rules.
• All comments in coolint.yaml are now in English.
• Added /**/__brick__/** to the analyzer's exclude list to ignore Mason brick templates.

Removed

• Removed the library_names rule.
• Removed the prefer_relative_imports rule to resolve a conflict with always_use_package_imports.
• Removed the redundant prefer-trailing-comma rule from the dart_code_metrics section.

2.0.1

• Update flutter_lints to 5.0.0

2.0.0

• Update flutter_lints to 4.0.0

1.0.3

• Update flutter_lints to 3.0.2
• Updates minimum supported SDK version to Dart 3.3.1.

1.0.2

• Update to ignore .mappers.dart

1.0.1

• Updated package:flutter_lints dependency to version 3.0.0

1.0.0

• First version