Rule proposal: `prefer-t-regex`

[sindresorhus]

Users should prefer the regex assertion as it's more readable and gives better output.

Fail

t.true(/\d+/.test(foo()));

Pass

t.regex(foo(), /\d+/);

Same for the negated ones, with t.notRegex.

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Would also be useful to be able to detect the regex from a variable somewhere else in the scope as I often share a regex between multiple asserts:

const re = /\d+/;

…

t.true(re.test(foo()));

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This could be auto-fixable, right?

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Should we also detect the following?

t.true(foo().search(/\d+/));
t.truthy(foo().match(/\d+/));

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[jfmengels]

Sounds good to me 👍
This sounds auto-fixable yes.

In the case of t.true(re.test(foo()));, I would think that .test() inside a t.true() call is a sign of a regex, so I think we can report it. Maybe not auto-fix it for safety's sake.

Should we also detect the following?

t.true(foo().search(/\d+/));

Didn't know this API 🤔

t.truthy(foo().match(/\d+/));

For both of these, if they have regexes as the sole argument, I'd say yes. For match, I'd personnally even like it if got autofixed to .test() and t.true

[sindresorhus]

For match, I'd personnally even like it if got autofixed to .test() and t.true

Huh? Why not t.regex()?

[jfmengels]

Ha, yes, that's better obviously 😅

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