tldr-lint is a linting tool for validating tldr pages.
It can also format your pages for you!
tldr-lint and its alias tldrl can be installed via npm:
npm install --global tldr-lintIt's really simple.
Usage: tldr-lint [options] <file|dir>
Options:
-V, --version output the version number
-f, --format also attempt formatting (to stdout, or as specified by -o)
-o, --output <file> output to formatted file
-i, --in-place formats in place
-t, --tabular format errors in a tabular format
-v, --verbose print verbose output
-I, --ignore <codes> ignore comma separated tldr-lint error codes (e.g. "TLDR001,TLDR0014")
-h, --help display help for commandWe provide a Dockerfile for reproducibly building and testing tldr-lint even without having NodeJS installed.
For building the Docker image, run this command inside the cloned tldr-lint repository:
docker build -t tldr-lint .
For running a tldr-lint container, you need to mount a volume containing the page(s) you want to lint to the container.
For checking a single page, run (replacing {{/path/to/page.md}} with the path to the page you want to check):
docker run --rm -v {{/path/to/page.md}}:/app/page.md tldr-lint page.md
In order to run the container on a directory, mount this directory as follows:
docker run --rm -v {{/path/to/directory}}:/app/pages tldr-lint pages/
Note
For Windows users, specify the full path to the directory or page you want to check along with the docker run command above.
All of the errors can be found in lib/tldr-lint.js.
| Error Code | Description |
|---|---|
| TLDR001 | File should contain no leading whitespace |
| TLDR002 | A single space should precede a sentence |
| TLDR003 | Descriptions should start with a capital letter |
| TLDR004 | Command descriptions should end in a period |
| TLDR005 | Example descriptions should end in a colon with no trailing characters |
| TLDR006 | Command name and description should be separated by an empty line |
| TLDR007 | Example descriptions should be surrounded by empty lines |
| TLDR008 | File should contain no trailing whitespace |
| TLDR009 | Page should contain a newline at end of file |
| TLDR010 | Only Unix-style line endings allowed |
| TLDR011 | Page never contains more than a single empty line |
| TLDR012 | Page should contain no tabs |
| TLDR013 | Title should be alphanumeric with dashes, underscores or spaces |
| TLDR014 | Page should contain no trailing whitespace |
| TLDR015 | Example descriptions should start with a capital letter |
| TLDR016 | Label for information link should be spelled exactly More information: |
| TLDR017 | Information link should be surrounded with angle brackets |
| TLDR018 | Page should only include a single information link |
| TLDR019 | Page should only include a maximum of 8 examples |
| TLDR020 | Label for additional notes should be spelled exactly Note: (with a succeeding whitespace) |
| TLDR021 | Command example should not begin or end in whitespace |
| TLDR101 | Command description probably not properly annotated |
| TLDR102 | Example description probably not properly annotated |
| TLDR103 | Command example is missing its closing backtick |
| TLDR104 | Example descriptions should prefer infinitive tense (e.g. write) over present (e.g. writes) or gerund (e.g. writing) |
| TLDR105 | There should be only one command per example |
| TLDR106 | Page title should start with a hash (#) |
| TLDR107 | File name should end with .md extension |
| TLDR108 | File name should not contain whitespace |
| TLDR109 | File name should be lowercase |
| TLDR110 | Command example should not be empty |
| TLDR111 | File name should not contain any Windows-forbidden character |