whitesmith / whitesmith/rubycritic

Highlight entire indentical block on DuplicateCode smell

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Description

Right now there's just a banner under the first line where a DuplicateCode smell is detected. In this particular example the UI makes it seem as though only the method signature is duplicated. Highlighting the entire block would help make it more clear what is duplicated

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Research direction

Start by locating the DuplicateCode smell handling and the UI code that renders its banner. Use the linked screenshot and the issue description to trace how the duplicated region is represented; done means the full duplicated block is visibly highlighted rather than only its first line.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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