Option to use tslint in fix mode

[pelotom]

Is it possible to make tslint run with the --fix option?

[johnnyreilly]

I think that's in 0.2.9 of fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin. I believe @piotr-oles is presently battling to release it right now...

[pelotom]

Great, can't wait!

[johnnyreilly]

The 0.2.9 release has been slightly delayed for some fairly understandable reasons. If you're too impatient to wait for it to land on npm you could use this in the short-term: https://github.com/typestrong/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin

nb The repo above will be removed from GitHub once 0.2.9 is released to npm. This is just for those impatient people out there (well, me mostly 😉)

[pelotom]

Thanks for the heads up!

[alecmev]

@johnnyreilly Mm, 0.2.9 is out, but I don't see anything in the code suggesting that fixing can be enabled. It's hardcoded to false right here.

[johnnyreilly]

Maybe submit a PR then? It's not my project but PRs are taken!

[alecmev]

I think that's in 0.2.9 of fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin

Why did you claim this then? ^

[pelotom]

@jeremejevs dude, chill. He said "I think", which is not a "claim". He's not the maintainer and was just trying to be helpful with an educated guess. If you know where it's hardcoded then you're in a position to submit a PR, so maybe stop complaining and contribute.

[alecmev]

If I were complaining, it'd be justified, since this "I think" made me go on a wild goose chase, thinking that there must be some branch or a PR or a fork somewhere, with the --fix setting in it. Why would one say "I think X" without any reason to say that? But it wasn't even a complaint, it was a question.

[johnnyreilly]

Much 💓 for having my back @pelotom

@jeremejevs - it's not my project I was clearly mistaken. But now you have an opportunity to make the world a slightly better place. Go to it! Submit a PR 👍

[piotr-oles]

Sorry I didn't reply. There is no such option in 0.2.9. I think we could add such option, PR's are welcome.
I would like to add this feature but I'm not sure when I will have enough free time to do this. So like I said - don't hesitate to add PR :)

[alecmev]

Looks like this isn't as simple as setting fix to true. Here's a relevant discussion: palantir/tslint#3188 Tried some quick potential fixes (like not passing oldProgram to createProgram), to no avail. Ultimately decided to not invest any extra time into this, because the only reason I wanted auto-fixing in the first place was Prettier, and the onchange watch approach is comparably clean, more flexible and working right now (mentioning this for future readers with similar needs).

Sorry for the passive-aggressive yesterday.

[johnnyreilly]

No worries @jeremejevs. Thanks for reporting back - that's helpful

[Hoishin]

Have there been any progress on this issue? Looks like the discussion @jeremejevs linked (palantir/tslint#3188) was solved, so it could be fixed now?

[alecmev]

The discussion I linked to isn't a blocker, it just has some useful information. This can be fixed (ha, fixed), but it just isn't a trivial problem, and doesn't bring enough benefit to be worth the time investment, at least for those who have looked into it so far.