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Official Dart lint rules
The Dart linter is a static analyzer for identifying possible problems in your
Dart source code. More than a hundred linter rules are available,
checking anything from potential typing issues, coding style, and formatting.
This package - package:lints
- contains the lint settings recommended by the
Dart team.
Lint sets
This package includes two sets of lints:
-
Core lints: Lints that help identify critical issues that are likely to lead to problems when running or consuming Dart code. All code should pass these lints.
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Recommended lints: Lints that help identify additional issues that may lead to problems when running or consuming Dart code, and lints that enforce writing Dart using a single, idiomatic style and format. All code is encouraged to pass these lints. The recommended lints include all the core lints.
Additionally, a third lint set -
package:flutter_lints
- extends the
recommended set with additional recommended Flutter-specific lints.
The Dart team will likely not provide recommendations past the core
and
recommended
sets (e.g., a strict
rule set). However, there are many such rule
sets in the ecosystem (available at pub.dev).
Rule set authors: consider adding the lints
topic to your pubspec to allow
easier discovery (e.g.,
pub.dev/packages?q=topic:lints).
For more information about topics, visit
dart.dev/tools/pub/pubspec#topics.
Where these lints are used
When creating a new Dart project using the dart create
command,
the recommended
set of lints from package:lints
is enabled by default.
When uploading a package to the pub.dev package repository, packages are awarded pub points based on how many of the 'core' lints pass.
Enabling the lints
For new apps created with dart create
the recommended
set of lints are
enabled by default.
For existing apps or packages, you can enable these lints via:
-
In a terminal, located at the root of your package, run this command:
dart pub add dev:lints
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Create a new
analysis_options.yaml
file, next to the pubspec, that includes the lints package:include: package:lints/recommended.yaml
or:
include: package:lints/core.yaml
Upgrading to the latest lints
To upgrade to the latest version of the lint set, run:
dart pub add dev:lints
Customizing the predefined lint sets
For details on customizing static analysis above and beyond the predefined lint sets, check out Customizing static analysis.
Evolving the lint sets
The Dart language changes and the ecosystem continues to develop new best practices, so the lint sets must be periodically updated to reflect the best way we know to write Dart code. The process we use is:
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Anyone can file an issue to discuss a potential change to a lint set (i.e., adding or removing a lint from one or both sets; if you're proposing an entirely new lint, the place to suggest that is at the linter repo). Feedback is welcome from any Dart user.
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Periodically, a group of Dart and Flutter team members meet to review the suggestions and decide what to adopt.
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The lists are updated and a new version of the package is published.
Lint set contents
See rules.md for a list of rules that make up the core and recommended rule sets.