cucumber_lint

A command line linter and formatter for cucumber features

Installation

gem install cucumber_lint

Usage

cucumber_lint        # Lints (exits with status 1 on failure, 0 on success)
cucumber_lint --fix  # Fixes all lint errors

Configuration

Create a cucumber_lint.yml file in the same folder that contains your features directory. Override the default config to disable a rule or change the enforced style.

Rules

consistent_empty_lines

• requires empty lines to be used consistently throughout features

consistent_table_headers

• requires all table headers to have the same style
  • supported styles: uppercase and lowercase
  • scenario outline placeholders must share the same style

consistent_table_whitespace

• requires leading and trailing space around the cell content and the pipes to be aligned

  # Bad                    # Bad                           # Good
  |VEGETABLE|CODENAME|     | VEGETABLE | CODENAME   |      | VEGETABLE | CODENAME |
  |Asparagus|Alpha|        |Asparagus | Alpha   |          | Asparagus | Alpha    |
  |Broccoli|Bravo|         |Broccoli      | Bravo    |     | Broccoli  | Bravo    |
  |Carrot|Charlie|         |  Carrot| Charlie      |       | Carrot    | Charlie  |

no_empty_features

• empty .feature files are not allowed

no_repeating_keywords

• Use And instead of repeating Given, When, or Then

  # Bad         # Good
  Given A       Given A
  Given B       And B
  When C        When C
  When D        And D
  Then E        Then E
  Then F        And F