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Clippy welcomes contributions from everyone. There are many ways to contribute to Clippy and the following document
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explains how you can contribute and how to get started. If you have any questions about contributing or need help with
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- anything, feel free to ask questions on issues or visit the ` #clippy ` IRC channel on ` irc.mozilla.org ` or meet us in
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- ` #clippy ` on [ Discord] ( https://discord.gg/rust-lang ) .
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+ anything, feel free to ask questions on issues or visit the ` #clippy ` on [ Discord] .
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- All contributors are expected to follow the [ Rust Code of Conduct] ( http://www.rust-lang.org/conduct.html ) .
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* [ Getting started] ( #getting-started )
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* [ Finding something to fix/improve] ( #finding-something-to-fiximprove )
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* [ Bors and Homu] ( #bors-and-homu )
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* [ Contributions] ( #contributions )
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+ [ Discord ] : https://discord.gg/rust-lang
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+ [ Rust Code of Conduct ] : https://www.rust-lang.org/policies/code-of-conduct
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## Getting started
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High level approach:
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All issues on Clippy are mentored, if you want help with a bug just ask @Manishearth , @llogiq , @mcarton or @oli-obk .
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- Some issues are easier than others. The [ ` good first issue ` ] ( https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/labels/good%20first%20issue )
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- label can be used to find the easy issues. If you want to work on an issue, please leave a comment
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- so that we can assign it to you!
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+ Some issues are easier than others. The [ ` good first issue ` ] label can be used to find the easy issues.
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+ If you want to work on an issue, please leave a comment so that we can assign it to you!
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- There are also some abandoned PRs, marked with
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- [ ` S-inactive-closed ` ] ( https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pulls?q=is%3Aclosed+label%3AS-inactive-closed ) .
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Pretty often these PRs are nearly completed and just need some extra steps
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(formatting, addressing review comments, ...) to be merged. If you want to
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complete such a PR, please leave a comment in the PR and open a new one based
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on it.
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- Issues marked [ ` T-AST ` ] ( https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/labels/T-AST ) involve simple
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- matching of the syntax tree structure, and are generally easier than
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- [ ` T-middle ` ] ( https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/labels/T-middle ) issues, which involve types
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+ Issues marked [ ` T-AST ` ] involve simple matching of the syntax tree structure,
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+ and are generally easier than [ ` T-middle ` ] issues, which involve types
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and resolved paths.
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- [ ` T-AST ` ] ( https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/labels/T-AST ) issues will generally need you to match against a
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- predefined syntax structure. To figure out how this syntax structure is encoded in the AST, it is recommended to run
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- ` rustc -Z ast-json ` on an example of the structure and compare with the [ nodes in the AST
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- docs] ( https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/syntax/ast ) . Usually the lint will end up to be a nested series of
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+ [ ` T-AST ` ] issues will generally need you to match against a predefined syntax structure.
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+ To figure out how this syntax structure is encoded in the AST, it is recommended to run
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+ ` rustc -Z ast-json ` on an example of the structure and compare with the [ nodes in the AST docs] .
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+ Usually the lint will end up to be a nested series of matches and ifs, [ like so] .
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- [ ` E-medium ` ] ( https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/labels/E-medium ) issues are generally
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- pretty easy too, though it's recommended you work on an E-easy issue first. They are mostly classified
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- as ` E-medium ` , since they might be somewhat involved code wise, but not difficult per-se.
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+ [ ` E-medium ` ] issues are generally pretty easy too, though it's recommended you work on an E-easy issue first.
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+ They are mostly classified as [ ` E-medium ` ] , since they might be somewhat involved code wise,
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- [ ` T-middle ` ] ( https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/labels/T-middle ) issues can
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- [ ` ty ` ] ( https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc/ty ) module contains a
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+ [ ` T-middle ` ] issues can be more involved and require verifying types. The [ ` ty ` ] module contains a
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lot of methods that are useful, though one of the most useful would be ` expr_ty ` (gives the type of
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an AST expression). ` match_def_path() ` in Clippy's ` utils ` module can also be useful.
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+ [ `good first issue` ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/labels/good%20first%20issue
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+ [ `S-inactive-closed` ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/pulls?q=is%3Aclosed+label%3AS-inactive-closed
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+ [ `T-AST` ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/labels/T-AST
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+ [ `T-middle` ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/labels/T-middle
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+ [ `E-medium` ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/labels/E-medium
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+ [ `ty` ] : https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc/ty
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+ [ nodes in the AST docs ] : https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/nightly-rustc/rustc_ast/ast/
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+ [ like so ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/blob/de5ccdfab68a5e37689f3c950ed1532ba9d652a0/src/misc.rs#L34
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## Writing code
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- Have a look at the [ docs for writing lints] ( doc/adding_lints.md ) for more details. [ Llogiq's blog post on
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+ Have a look at the [ docs for writing lints] [ adding_lints ] for more details. [ Llogiq's blog post on lints]
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- ## How Clippy works
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+ [ Llogiq's blog post on lints ] : https://llogiq.github.io/2015/06/04/workflows.html
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+ [ clippy_rfc ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/2476-clippy-uno.md
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+ [ rfc_stability ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/2476-clippy-uno.md#stability-guarantees
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- Clippy is a [ rustc compiler plugin] [ compiler_plugin ] . The main entry point is at [ ` src/lib.rs ` ] [ main_entry ] . In there,
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- [ ` clippy_lints/src/lib.rs ` ] [ lint_crate_entry ] imports all the different lint modules and registers them with the rustc
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+ [ ` clippy_lints/src/lib.rs ` ] [ lint_crate_entry ] imports all the different lint modules and registers in the [ ` LintStore ` ] .
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+ [ rtim ] : https://github.com/kennytm/rustup-toolchain-install-master
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+ [ homu ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/homu
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## Contributions
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- [ compiler_plugin ] : https://doc.rust-lang.org/unstable-book/language-features/plugin.html#lint-plugins
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- [ clippy_rfc ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/2476-clippy-uno.md
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- [ rfc_stability ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/2476-clippy-uno.md#stability-guarantees
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- [ rfc_lint_cats ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/2476-clippy-uno.md#lint-audit-and-categories
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- [ l-crash ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/labels/L-crash%20%3Aboom%3A
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- [ l-bug ] : https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/labels/L-bug%20%3Abeetle%3A
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- [ homu ] : https://github.com/servo/homu
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