diff --git a/messages/config-command.md b/messages/config-command.md index ed2f6972a..a7d73693f 100644 --- a/messages/config-command.md +++ b/messages/config-command.md @@ -4,36 +4,37 @@ Display the current state of configuration for Code Analyzer. # command.description -Code Analyzer gives you the ability to configure settings that modify Code Analyzer's behavior, to override the tags and severity levels of rules, and to configure the engine specific settings. Use this command to see the current state of this configuration and to save this state to a YAML-formatted file that you can modify to our needs. +Code Analyzer gives you the ability to configure settings that modify Code Analyzer's behavior, to override the tags and severity levels of rules, and to configure the engine specific settings. Use this command to see the current state of this configuration. You can also save this state to a YAML-formatted file that you can modify for your needs. -To apply a custom configuration with Code Analyzer, either keep your custom configuration settings in a 'code-analyzer.yml' file located in the current working directory from which you are executing commands, or specify the location of your custom configuration file to each of the Code Analyzer commands via the `--config-file` flag. +To apply a custom configuration with Code Analyzer, either keep your custom configuration settings in a `code-analyzer.yml` file located in the current folder from which you are executing commands, or specify the location of your custom configuration file to the Code Analyzer commands with the --config-file flag. # command.examples -- Display the current state of configuration for Code Analyzer using the default behavior: display top level configuration, display the engine and rule override settings associated with all the rules that have a 'Recommended' tag; and automatically apply any existing custom configuration settings found in a "code-analyzer.yml" or "code-analyzer.yaml" file in the current folder: +- Display the current state of the Code Analyzer configuration using the default behavior: display top level configuration, display the engine and rule override settings associated with all the rules that have a "Recommended" tag; and automatically apply any existing custom configuration settings found in a `code-analyzer.yml` or `code-analyzer.yaml` file in the current folder: - <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> + <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> -- This example is identical to the previous one, if `./code-analyzer.yml` exists. +- This example is identical to the previous one, assuming that `./code-analyzer.yml` exists in your current folder. - <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --config-file ./code-analyzer.yml --rule-selector Recommended + <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --config-file ./code-analyzer.yml --rule-selector Recommended -- Write the current state of configuration to `code-analyzer.yml`, including any configuration from an existing `code-analyzer.yml` file. This preserves all values from the original config, but will overwrite any comments: +- Write the current state of configuration to the file `code-analyzer.yml`, including any configuration from an existing `code-analyzer.yml` file. The command preserves all values from the original config, but overwrites any comments: - <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --config-file ./code-analyzer.yml --output-file code-analyzer.yml + <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --config-file ./code-analyzer.yml --output-file code-analyzer.yml - Display the configuration state for all rules, instead of just the recommended ones: - <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --rule-selector all + <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --rule-selector all + - Display the configuration state associated with recommended rules that are applicable to your workspace folder, `./src`: - <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --workspace ./src + <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --workspace ./src - Display any relevant configuration settings associated with the rule name 'no-undef' from the 'eslint' engine: - <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --rule-selection eslint:no-undef + <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --rule-selection eslint:no-undef -- Load from an existing configuration called 'existing-config.yml', but write to a new configuration file called 'new-config.yml' the configuration state that is applicable to all rules that are relevant to workspace located in current working directory: +- Load an existing configuration file called `existing-config.yml`, and then write the configuration to a new file called `new-config.yml`, the configuration state that is applicable to all rules that are relevant to the workspace located in the current folder: <%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --config-file ./existing-config.yml --rule-selection all --workspace . --output-file ./subfolder-config.yml @@ -45,9 +46,9 @@ Set of files you want to include in the code analysis. Use the --workspace flag to display only the configuration associated with the rules that apply to the files that make up your workspace. Typically, a workspace is a single project folder that contains all your files. But it can also consist of one or more folders, one or more files, and use glob patterns (wildcards). If you specify this flag multiple times, then your workspace is the sum of the files and folders. -This command uses the type of file in the workspace, such as JavaScript or Typescript, to determine the rules to list. For example, if your workspace contains only JavaScript files, the command doesn't list TypeScript rules. The command uses a file's extension to determine what kind of file it is, such as ".ts" for TypeScript. +This command uses the type of file in the workspace, such as JavaScript or Typescript, to determine the rules to include in the configuration state. For example, if your workspace contains only JavaScript files, the command doesn't include TypeScript rules. The command uses a file's extension to determine what kind of file it is, such as ".ts" for TypeScript. -Some engines may be configured to add additional rules based on what it finds in your workspace. For example, if you set the engines.eslint.auto_discover_eslint_config value of your code-analyzer.yml file to true, then supplying your workspace allows the "eslint" engine to examine your files in order to find ESLint configuration files that could potentially add in additional rules. +Some engines may be configured to add additional rules based on what it finds in your workspace. For example, if you set the "engines.eslint.auto_discover_eslint_config" value of your `code-analyzer.yml` file to true, then supplying your workspace allows the "eslint" engine to examine your files in order to find ESLint configuration files that could potentially add in additional rules. # flags.rule-selector.summary @@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ Use the --rule-selector flag to display only the configuration associated with t You can combine different criteria using colons to further filter the list; the colon works as an intersection. For example, "--rule-selector eslint:Security" reduces the output to only contain the configuration state associated with the rules from the "eslint" engine that have the "Security" tag. To add multiple rule selectors together (a union), specify the --rule-selector flag multiple times, such as "--rule-selector eslint:Recommended --rule-selector retire-js:3". -If this flag is not specified, then the 'Recommended' tag rule selector will be used. +If you don't specify this flag, then the command uses the "Recommended" tag rule selector. Run `<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> --rule-selector all` to display the configuration state associated with all possible rules available, and not just the recommended ones. @@ -71,11 +72,11 @@ Path to the existing configuration file used to customize the engines and rules. Use this flag to apply the customizations from a custom Code Analyzer configuration file to be displayed alongside the current Code Analyzer configuration state. -If this flag is not specified, then by default Code Analyzer will look for and apply a file named "code-analyzer.yml" or "code-analyzer.yaml" in your current working directory. +If you don't specify this flag, then the command looks for and applies a file named `code-analyzer.yml` or `code-analyzer.yaml` in your current folder. # flags.output-file.summary -Output file to write the configuration state to. The file will be written in YAML format. +Output file to write the configuration state to. The file is written in YAML format. # flags.output-file.description