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cspell

Mega-Linter generates content of a .cspell.json config file at the end of its TextReporter artifact Copy it at the root of your repository, read it, remove real spelling errors (after have corrected them in the source), and you're good to go !

cspell documentation

cspell - GitHub

Configuration in Mega-Linter

Variable Description Default value
SPELL_CSPELL_ARGUMENTS User custom arguments to add in linter CLI call
Ex: -s --foo "bar"
SPELL_CSPELL_FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE Custom regex including filter
Ex: (src|lib)		 Include every file
SPELL_CSPELL_FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE Custom regex excluding filter
Ex: (test|examples)		 Exclude no file
SPELL_CSPELL_FILE_EXTENSIONS Allowed file extensions. "*" matches any extension, "" matches empty extension. Empty list excludes all files
Ex: [".py", ""]		 Exclude every file
SPELL_CSPELL_FILE_NAMES_REGEX File name regex filters. Regular expression list for filtering files by their base names using regex full match. Empty list includes all files
Ex: ["Dockerfile(-.+)?", "Jenkinsfile"]		 Include every file
SPELL_CSPELL_CONFIG_FILE cspell configuration file name
Use LINTER_DEFAULT to let the linter find it		 .cspell.json
SPELL_CSPELL_RULES_PATH Path where to find linter configuration file Workspace folder, then Mega-Linter default rules
SPELL_CSPELL_DISABLE_ERRORS Run linter but consider errors as warnings false

IDE Integration

Use cspell in your favorite IDE to catch errors before Mega-Linter !

IDE Extension Name Install
Visual Studio Code Code Spell Checker Install in VsCode

Mega-Linter Flavours

This linter is available in the following flavours

Flavor Description Embedded linters Info
all Default Mega-Linter Flavor 83 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
dart Optimized for DART based projects 37 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
documentation Mega-Linter for documentation projects 36 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
dotnet Optimized for C, C++, C# or VB based projects 42 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
go Optimized for GO based projects 38 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
java Optimized for JAVA based projects 37 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
javascript Optimized for JAVASCRIPT or TYPESCRIPT based projects 45 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
php Optimized for PHP based projects 40 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
python Optimized for PYTHON based projects 43 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
ruby Optimized for RUBY based projects 37 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
rust Optimized for RUST based projects 37 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
salesforce Optimized for Salesforce based projects 37 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
scala Optimized for SCALA based projects 37 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
swift Optimized for SWIFT based projects 37 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
terraform Optimized for TERRAFORM based projects 39 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls

Behind the scenes

How are identified applicable files

  • If this linter is active, all files linted by all other active linters will be linted

Example calls

cspell myfile.any

cspell -c cspell.json myfile.any

Help content

Usage: cspell [options] [command] <files...>

Spelling Checker for Code

Options:
  -V, --version               output the version number
  -c, --config <cspell.json>  Configuration file to use.  By default cspell
                              looks for cspell.json in the current directory.
  --no-color                  Turn off color.
  --color                     Force color
  -v, --verbose               display more information about the files being
                              checked and the configuration
  --local <local>             Set language locals. i.e. "en,fr" for English and
                              French, or "en-GB" for British English.
  --legacy                    Legacy output
  --languageId <language>     Force programming language for unknown
                              extensions. i.e. "php" or "scala"
  --wordsOnly                 Only output the words not found in the
                              dictionaries.
  -u, --unique                Only output the first instance of a word not
                              found in the dictionaries.
  --debug                     Output information useful for debugging
                              cspell.json files.
  -e, --exclude <glob>        Exclude files matching the glob pattern
  --no-issues                 Do not show the spelling errors.
  --no-summary                Turn off summary message in console
  -s, --silent                Silent mode, suppress error messages
  -r, --root <root folder>    Root directory, defaults to current directory.
  -h, --help                  display help for command

Commands:
  trace [options] <words...>  Trace words
  check [options] <files...>  Spell check file(s) and display the result. The
                              full file is displayed in color.


Examples:
    cspell "*.js"                   Check all .js files in the current directory
    cspell "**/*.js"                Check all .js files from the current directory
    cspell "src/**/*.js"            Only check .js under src
    cspell "**/*.txt" "**/*.js"     Check both .js and .txt files.
    cat LICENSE | cspell stdin      Read from stdin the contents of LICENSE

Installation on mega-linter Docker image

Example success log

Results of cspell linter (version 4.1.3)
See documentation on https://nvuillam.github.io/mega-linter/descriptors/spell_cspell/
-----------------------------------------------

[SUCCESS] .automation/test/spell
    CSpell: Files checked: 1, Issues found: 0 in 0 files

Example error log

Results of cspell linter (version 4.1.3)
See documentation on https://nvuillam.github.io/mega-linter/descriptors/spell_cspell/
-----------------------------------------------

[ERROR] .automation/test/spell
    .automation/test/spell/spell_bad_1.js:1:28 - Unknown word (Blablabla)
    CSpell: Files checked: 1, Issues found: 1 in 1 files


You can skip this misspellings by defining the following .cspell.json file at the root of your repository
Of course, please correct real typos before :)

{
    "version": 0.1,
    "language": "en",
    "ignorePaths": [
        "**/node_modules/**",
        "**/vscode-extension/**",
        "**/.git/**",
        ".vscode",
        "report"
    ],
    "words": [
        "Blablabla"
    ]
}


You can also copy-paste /tmp/.cspell.json at the root of your repository