rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-clippy
Lint for finding unused Rust files
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Description
It would be nice if Clippy could detect unused Rust files in the the crate directory.
This was previously worked on here: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pull/2102.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the earlier pull request at rust-lang/rust-clippy#2102 and the existing Clippy lint architecture. The issue provides no file or test entry point; done would mean a Clippy lint can detect unused Rust files in a crate directory.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100