eslint-doc-generator

eslint-doc-generator

Automatic documentation generator for ESLint plugins and rules.

Generates the following documentation based on ESLint and top ESLint plugin conventions:

• README.md rules table
• Rule doc titles and notices

Also performs some basic section consistency checks on rule docs:

• Contains an ## Options / ## Config section and mentions each named option (for rules with options)

Setup

Install it:

npm i --save-dev eslint-doc-generator

Add scripts to package.json (both a lint script to ensure everything is up-to-date in CI and an update script) (add any config options in the update:eslint-docs script):

{
  "scripts": {
    "lint": "npm-run-all \"lint:*\"",
    "lint:docs": "markdownlint \"**/*.md\"",
    "lint:eslint-docs": "npm-run-all \"update:eslint-docs --check\"",
    "lint:js": "eslint .",
    "update:eslint-docs": "eslint-doc-generator"
  }
}

Delete any old rules list from your README.md. A new one will be automatically added to your ## Rules section (along with the following marker comments if they don't already exist):

<!-- begin rules list -->
<!-- end rules list -->

Delete any old recommended/fixable/etc. notices from your rule docs. A new title and notices will be automatically added to the top of each rule doc (along with a marker comment if it doesn't exist yet).

Usage

Run the script from package.json to start out or any time you add a rule or update rule metadata in your plugin:

npm run update:eslint-docs

Example

Generated content in a rule doc (everything above the marker comment) (intentionally showing all possible notices):

# Disallow using foo (`test/no-foo`)

✅ This rule is enabled in the `recommended` config.

💼 This rule is enabled in the following configs: ✅ `recommended`, 🎨 `stylistic`.

🔧 This rule is automatically fixable by the [`--fix` CLI option](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/command-line-interface#--fix).

💡 This rule is manually fixable by [editor suggestions](https://eslint.org/docs/developer-guide/working-with-rules#providing-suggestions).

❌ This rule is deprecated. It was replaced by [prefer-bar](prefer-bar.md).

<!-- end rule header -->

Description.

## Examples

Examples.

...

Generated rules table in README.md (everything between the marker comments):

# eslint-plugin-test

## Rules

<!-- begin rules list -->

💼 Configurations enabled in.\
✅ Enabled in the `recommended` configuration.\
🎨 Enabled in the `stylistic` configuration.\
🔧 Automatically fixable by the [`--fix` CLI option](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/command-line-interface#--fix).\
💡 Manually fixable by [editor suggestions](https://eslint.org/docs/developer-guide/working-with-rules#providing-suggestions).\
💭 Requires type information.\
❌ Deprecated.

| Name                                     | Description        | 💼    | 🔧  | 💡  | 💭  | ❌  |
| :--------------------------------------- | :----------------- | :---- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
| [no-foo](docs/rules/no-foo.md)           | disallow using foo | ✅    | 🔧  |     |     |
| [prefer-bar](docs/rules/prefer-bar.md)   | enforce using bar  | ✅ 🎨 |     | 💡  | 💭  |
| [require-baz](docs/rules/require-baz.md) | require using baz  |       | 🔧  |     |     | ❌  |

<!-- end rules list -->

...

The table will hide columns that don't apply to any rules, and the legend will include only the symbols that are used in the table.

Badge

If you have any custom configs (besides recommended), you'll need to either define emojis for them with --config-emoji, or define badges for them at the bottom of your README.md.

Here's a badge for a custom style config that displays in blue:

[style]: https://img.shields.io/badge/-style-blue.svg

And how it looks:

Configuration options

Name	Description
--check	Whether to check for and fail if there is a diff. No output will be written. Typically used during CI.
--config-emoji	Custom emoji to use for a config. Format is config-name,emoji. Defaults to recommended,✅. Configs for which no emoji is specified will expect a corresponding badge to be specified in README.md instead. Option can be repeated.
--ignore-config	Config to ignore from being displayed. Often used for an all config. Option can be repeated.
--ignore-deprecated-rules	Whether to ignore deprecated rules from being checked, displayed, or updated (default: false).
--rule-doc-section-exclude	Disallowed section in each rule doc. Exit with failure if present. Option can be repeated.
--rule-doc-section-include	Required section in each rule doc. Exit with failure if missing. Option can be repeated.
--rule-doc-title-format	The format to use for rule doc titles. Defaults to desc-parens-prefix-name. See choices in below table.
--url-configs	Link to documentation about the ESLint configurations exported by the plugin.

All options are optional.

--rule-doc-title-format

Where no-foo is the rule name, Do not use foo is the rule description, and eslint-plugin-test is the plugin name.

Value	Example
desc	# Do not use foo
desc-parens-name	# Do not use foo (no-foo)
desc-parens-prefix-name (default)	# Do not use foo (test/no-foo)
name	# no-foo
prefix-name	# test/no-foo

Related

• eslint-plugin-eslint-plugin - Linter for ESLint plugins (related list)
• generator-eslint - Generates initial ESLint plugin and rule files but without the sophisticated documentation provided by eslint-doc-generator