NAME

git-perl-critic - Command-line interface for Perl Git::Critic module

VERSION

version 0.5

SYNOPSIS

git-perl-critic main

DESCRIPTION

This is a command line interface to Git::Critic. We only report Perl::Critic failures on lines changed.

Note that this means you're diffing two branches. The branch you're diffing against is usually your company's primary branch. Typical names are main, master, dev, and so on. However, you can pick any branch to be the primary branch you're diffing against.

So, if your primary branch is main, you should cd into your repository and run:

git-perl-critic main

If you prefer a more "fluent" interface:

git-perl-critic --against main

If your git repository is currently not checked out into the branch you wish to diff, pass the --critique option to specify the name of the branch you wish to critique.

git-perl-critic main --critique my-development-branch

But maybe you have created a branch off of my-development-branch:

git checkout my-development-branch
git checkout -b my-spike-branch
# hack, hack, hack
git-perl-critique my-development-branch

To be fully verbose:

git-perl-critic --critique my-spike-branch --against my-development-branch

If you prefer, you can target particular commits:

git-perl-critic --critique 747ba0e --against 15616b5

Or mix them:

git-perl-critic --critique 747ba0e --against main

If you're on an entirely unrelated branch, you can specify the branch you want to use as your primary branch and the branch you want to critique:

git-perl-critic my-development-branch --critique my-spike-branch # same thing
git-perl-critic --against my-development-branch --critique my-spike-branch # same thing

Option Explanations

All options are optional.

--against $branch_name

The name of the branch you will critique against. If you don't pass this argument, you must pass the branch name directly. The following two are equivalent:

git-perl-critic --against main
git-perl-critic main

--critique $branch_name

This must be the name of the branch you wish to critique.

--severity $number_or_name

This is the Perl::Critic severity level. You may pass a string or an integer. If omitted, the default severity level is "gentle" (5).

SEVERITY NAME   ...is equivalent to...   SEVERITY NUMBER
--------------------------------------------------------
-severity => 'gentle'                     -severity => 5
-severity => 'stern'                      -severity => 4
-severity => 'harsh'                      -severity => 3
-severity => 'cruel'                      -severity => 2
-severity => 'brutal'                     -severity => 1

--max_file_size $bytes

Perl::Critic can be very, very slow on large files. Pass a positive integer to this option to skip files over a certain number of bytes.

--verbose

This is a debugging tool to show some useful information while running this script.

--man,--help

Various ways of displaying this documentation.

OPTIONS

Options:

Option           Argument type   Description
--against,a      Str             Git branch to critique against
--critique,-c    Str             Git branch to critique (default is current branch)
--severity,s     Str|Int         Perl::Critic severity level
--max_file_size  Bytes           Maximum file size in bytes to check
--profile        Filename        Optional Perl::Critic configuration file

Debugging options:

--help,-h,-?                   Show brief help
--man                          Show full help
--verbose                      Show internal Git::Critic commands

SEE ALSO

https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Perl::Critic::Progressive

SPONSOR

This work is sponsored by All Around the World. Contact them if you need expert help in software development. We work with many different languages. Not just Perl.

AUTHOR

Curtis "Ovid" Poe <curtis.poe@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2022 by Curtis "Ovid" Poe.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

cpanm Git::Critic

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Git::Critic