Unitario Stylelint Configuration

The package provides base Stylelint configurations for Unitario. It follows a set of recommended style guidelines for writing better stylesheets.

This package use Stylelint to run Prettier.

What it does

• Lints CSS and Sass based on latest standards
• Follows a mostly reasonable approach by Airbnb
• Fixes common stylesheet errors and style issues

Installation

1. Install dependencies

Development

npm install @unitario/stylelint-config --save-dev

Peer

In case peer dependencies has not already been installed, make sure to install these too:

npm install stylelint prettier --save-dev

2. Create config file

Create an .stylelintrc file at the root of your project with this content:

{
  "extends": "@unitario"
}

Rules

Extends

This configuration package follows a specific list of configuration rules. Each configuration overwrites the previous configuration in the case of conflicting rules.

1. Standard Stylelint Config – Base ruleset that follows common stylistic conventions
2. Prettier Stylelint Config – Turns off all rules that are unnecessary or might conflict with Prettier

Enforced Rules

This configuration package makes a couple of opinionated style rules which overwrites any rules provided in the extends array.

• Print Width. Line wrap at 160 characters (default is 80).
• Tab Width. Tab with is 2 spaces (default is 4).
• Semicolons. Never print semicolons in end of statements (default is always).

Overriding Rules

If you'd like to override any rules, you can add the rules to your .stylelintrc file.

{
  "extends": "@unitario",
  "rules": {
    "indentation": "tab"
  }
}

Code Editor Integrations

Visual Studio Code

1. Install the Stylelint Extension
2. Reload Visual Studio Code
3. Modify your settings.json file

// Disable built in validators to avoid duplicate errors showing
"css.validate": false,
"less.validate": false,
"scss.validate": false,

Pre-Commit Hook

You may want Stylelint to automatically fix your errors on commit, you can use lint-staged with husky, which manages git hooks.

1. Install dependencies
   • npm install lint-staged husky --save-dev
2. Update package.json:

{
  "lint-staged": {
    "*.{css,scss}": ["styleint --fix", "git add"]
  },
  "husky": {
    "hooks": {
      "pre-commit": "lint-staged"
    }
  }
}