rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-clippy
Feature request: ability to only lint a specific file
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Description
Description
this feature would ignore warnings in all files except the one that was specifically requested.
this would be mainly useful for contributing to large projects that do not use clippy as part of CI, as you want to check for mistakes in your code, not code that everyone else wrote.
this would be equivalent to setting #![allow(clippy::all)] in the crate root, then adding #![warn(clippy::all)] in the specified file, but without the inconvenience of temporary edits.
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Research direction
The issue names no source files, tests, or entry points; begin by tracing how Clippy receives file-selection and lint-level arguments. Verify the change by checking that a requested file reports its warnings while other files' warnings are ignored, without temporary crate edits.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100