coala settingsΒΆ

coala provides a common command-line interface for linting and fixing all your code, regardless of the programming languages you use.

To find out what kind of analysis coala offers for the languages you use, visit http://coala.io/languages, or run:

$ coala --show-bears --filter-by-language C Python

To perform code analysis, simply specify the analysis routines (bears) and the files you want it to run on, for example:

spaceBear:

$ coala --bears SpaceConsistencyBear --files **.py

coala can also automatically fix your code:

spacePatchBear:

$ coala --bears SpaceConsistencyBear --files **.py --apply-patches

To run coala without user interaction, run the coala –non-interactive, coala –json and coala –format commands.

usage: coala [-h] [-v] [-C] [--ci] [--json] [--format [STR]] [-c FILE] [-F]
             [-I] [-s [FILE]] [--disable-caching] [--flush-cache]
             [--no-autoapply-warn] [-b NAME [NAME ...]] [-f FILE [FILE ...]]
             [-i FILE [FILE ...]] [--limit-files FILE [FILE ...]]
             [-d DIR [DIR ...]] [-V] [-L ENUM] [-m ENUM] [-N] [-B]
             [-l LANG [LANG ...]] [-p LANG [LANG ...]] [-D] [--show-details]
             [--log-json] [-o FILE] [-r [RELPATH]] [-S SETTING [SETTING ...]]
             [-a] [-j JOBS] [-n]
             [TARGETS [TARGETS ...]]
Positional arguments:
TARGETS sections to be executed exclusively
Info
-v="==SUPPRESS==", --version="==SUPPRESS=="
 show program’s version number and exit
Mode
-v="==SUPPRESS==", --version="==SUPPRESS=="
 

show program’s version number and exit

-C, --non-interactive
 run coala in non interactive mode
--ci continuous integration run, alias for `–non-interactive`
--json mode in which coala will display output as json
--format output results with a custom format string, e.g. “Message: {message}”; possible placeholders: id, origin, file, line, end_line, column, end_column, severity, severity_str, message, message_base, message_arguments, affected_code
Configuration
-v="==SUPPRESS==", --version="==SUPPRESS=="
 

show program’s version number and exit

-C, --non-interactive
 

run coala in non interactive mode

--ci

continuous integration run, alias for `–non-interactive`

--json

mode in which coala will display output as json

--format

output results with a custom format string, e.g. “Message: {message}”; possible placeholders: id, origin, file, line, end_line, column, end_column, severity, severity_str, message, message_base, message_arguments, affected_code

-c, --config configuration file to be used, defaults to .coafile
-F, --find-config
 find .coafile in ancestors of the working directory
-I, --no-config
 run without using any config file
-s, --save save used arguments to a config file to a .coafile, the given path, or at the value of -c
--disable-caching
 run on all files even if unchanged
--flush-cache rebuild the file cache
--no-autoapply-warn
 turn off warning about patches not being auto applicable
Inputs
-v="==SUPPRESS==", --version="==SUPPRESS=="
 

show program’s version number and exit

-C, --non-interactive
 

run coala in non interactive mode

--ci

continuous integration run, alias for `–non-interactive`

--json

mode in which coala will display output as json

--format

output results with a custom format string, e.g. “Message: {message}”; possible placeholders: id, origin, file, line, end_line, column, end_column, severity, severity_str, message, message_base, message_arguments, affected_code

-c, --config

configuration file to be used, defaults to .coafile

-F, --find-config
 

find .coafile in ancestors of the working directory

-I, --no-config
 

run without using any config file

-s, --save

save used arguments to a config file to a .coafile, the given path, or at the value of -c

--disable-caching
 

run on all files even if unchanged

--flush-cache

rebuild the file cache

--no-autoapply-warn
 

turn off warning about patches not being auto applicable

-b, --bears names of bears to use
-f, --files files that should be checked
-i, --ignore files that should be ignored
--limit-files filter the `–files` argument’s matches further
-d, --bear-dirs
 additional directories which may contain bears
Outputs
-v="==SUPPRESS==", --version="==SUPPRESS=="
 

show program’s version number and exit

-C, --non-interactive
 

run coala in non interactive mode

--ci

continuous integration run, alias for `–non-interactive`

--json

mode in which coala will display output as json

--format

output results with a custom format string, e.g. “Message: {message}”; possible placeholders: id, origin, file, line, end_line, column, end_column, severity, severity_str, message, message_base, message_arguments, affected_code

-c, --config

configuration file to be used, defaults to .coafile

-F, --find-config
 

find .coafile in ancestors of the working directory

-I, --no-config
 

run without using any config file

-s, --save

save used arguments to a config file to a .coafile, the given path, or at the value of -c

--disable-caching
 

run on all files even if unchanged

--flush-cache

rebuild the file cache

--no-autoapply-warn
 

turn off warning about patches not being auto applicable

-b, --bears

names of bears to use

-f, --files

files that should be checked

-i, --ignore

files that should be ignored

--limit-files

filter the `–files` argument’s matches further

-d, --bear-dirs
 

additional directories which may contain bears

-V, --verbose alias for `-L DEBUG`
-L, --log-level
 

set log output level to ERROR/INFO/WARNING/DEBUG

Possible choices: ERROR, INFO, WARNING, DEBUG

-m, --min-severity
 

set minimal result severity to INFO/NORMAL/MAJOR

Possible choices: INFO, NORMAL, MAJOR

-N, --no-color display output without coloring (excluding logs)
-B, --show-bears
 list all bears
-l, --filter-by-language
 filters `–show-bears` by the given languages
-p, --show-capabilities
 show what coala can fix and detect for the given languages
-D, --show-description
 show bear descriptions for `–show-bears`
--show-details show bear details for `–show-bears`
--log-json output logs as json along with results (must be called with –json)
-o, --output write results to the given file (must be called with –json)
-r, --relpath return relative paths for files (must be called with –json)
Miscellaneous
-v="==SUPPRESS==", --version="==SUPPRESS=="
 

show program’s version number and exit

-C, --non-interactive
 

run coala in non interactive mode

--ci

continuous integration run, alias for `–non-interactive`

--json

mode in which coala will display output as json

--format

output results with a custom format string, e.g. “Message: {message}”; possible placeholders: id, origin, file, line, end_line, column, end_column, severity, severity_str, message, message_base, message_arguments, affected_code

-c, --config

configuration file to be used, defaults to .coafile

-F, --find-config
 

find .coafile in ancestors of the working directory

-I, --no-config
 

run without using any config file

-s, --save

save used arguments to a config file to a .coafile, the given path, or at the value of -c

--disable-caching
 

run on all files even if unchanged

--flush-cache

rebuild the file cache

--no-autoapply-warn
 

turn off warning about patches not being auto applicable

-b, --bears

names of bears to use

-f, --files

files that should be checked

-i, --ignore

files that should be ignored

--limit-files

filter the `–files` argument’s matches further

-d, --bear-dirs
 

additional directories which may contain bears

-V, --verbose

alias for `-L DEBUG`

-L, --log-level
 

set log output level to ERROR/INFO/WARNING/DEBUG

Possible choices: ERROR, INFO, WARNING, DEBUG

-m, --min-severity
 

set minimal result severity to INFO/NORMAL/MAJOR

Possible choices: INFO, NORMAL, MAJOR

-N, --no-color

display output without coloring (excluding logs)

-B, --show-bears
 

list all bears

-l, --filter-by-language
 

filters `–show-bears` by the given languages

-p, --show-capabilities
 

show what coala can fix and detect for the given languages

-D, --show-description
 

show bear descriptions for `–show-bears`

--show-details

show bear details for `–show-bears`

--log-json

output logs as json along with results (must be called with –json)

-o, --output

write results to the given file (must be called with –json)

-r, --relpath

return relative paths for files (must be called with –json)

-S, --settings arbitrary settings in the form of section.key=value
-a, --apply-patches
 apply all patches automatically if possible
-j, --jobs number of jobs to use in parallel
-n, --no-orig don’t create .orig backup files before patching