detekt/detekt v1.18.0-RC2

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2021-07-16

Notable Changes

• This version of Detekt ships with Kotlin 1.5.21, and we're compiling with apiVersion set to 1.4 - #3956 and #3852
• The minimum version of Gradle to use Detekt Gradle Plugin is now 6.1 - #3830
• This version of Detekt has been tested against Java 16 - #3698
• We fixed a long-standing bug related to parallel execution (#3248) - #3799 and #3822
• We now use multi-line format for list options in the default detekt config file - #3827
• The rule VarCouldBeVal has been updated and now works only with type resolution to provide more precise findings - #3880
• We removed all the references to Extensions.getRootArea that is now deprecated from our codebase. This was affecting users with sporadic crashes. - #3848
• We continued the work to introduce annotations to declare rules metadata. Specifically the @Autocorrect annotation has been added - #3820

Changelog

• UndocumentedPublicProperty and UndocumentedPublicFunction should include objects - #3940
• Fix exclusion pattern for InvalidPackageDeclaration - #3907
• Allow else when {...} in MandatoryBracesIfStatements rule - #3905
• Remove unnecessary constant declaration - #3903
• Check bindingContext only once in MemberNameEqualsClassName - #3899
• LongMethod: add 'ignoreAnnotated' configuration option - #3892
• Fix Deprecation rule message - #3885
• Improve LongParameterList rule by supporting ignoring annotated parameters - #3879
• OptionalUnit: fix false positive when function initializer is Nothing type - #3876
• UnnecessaryParentheses: fix false positive for delegated expressions - #3858
• Fix UnnecessaryLet false positive in inner lambdas - #3841
• Fix false positive for UnusedPrivateMember - Backtick identifiers - #3828
• Properly apply test excludes for comments - #3815
• Fix generation issues around (deprecated) list properties - #3813
• Update the implementation of ClassOrdering to handle false negatives - #3810
• [comments] Do not exclude tests globally - #3801
• UnnecessaryLet: report when implicit parameter isn't used - #3794
• NoNameShadowing: don't report when implicit 'it' parameter isn't used - #3793
• Fix ModifierOrder to support value class - #3719
• Remove inline value class to stay compatible with Kotlin 1.4 API - #3871
• [FunctionNaming] Revert annotations that are ignored by default - #3948
• Android: add javac intermediates to classpath - [#3867]((#3867)
• Revert "Android: add javac intermediates to classpath (#3867)" - [#3958]((#3958)
• Use annotations to configure rules in detekt-rules-exceptions - #3798
• Use @configuration in detekt-rules-style - #3774
• Use annotations to configure rules in custom-checks - #3773
• Use @configuration for rules-errorprone - #3772
• Use annotation to configure rules in rules-empty - #3771
• Use annotation to configure rules in rules-documentation - #3770
• Use annotations to configure rules in rules-naming - #3769
• Use annotations to configure rules in rules-complexity - #3768
• Move formatting rules to @configuration - #3847

Dependency Updates

• Bump Kotlin to 1.5.21 - #3956
• Revert "Bump Kotlin to v1.5.20" - #3941
• Bump Kotlin to v1.5.20 - #3921
• Kotlin 1.5.10 - #3826
• Update assertj to v3.20.2 - #3912
• Update snakeyaml to v1.29 - #3911
• Bump byte-buddy from 1.11.2 to 1.11.5 - #3886
• Bump byte-buddy from 1.11.1 to 1.11.2 - #3872
• Bump byte-buddy from 1.11.0 to 1.11.1 - #3861
• Update mockk to 1.12.0 - #3937

Housekeeping & Refactorings

• Increase memory available to gradle integration test daemon - #3938
• Avoid empty lines when running detekt with type resolution - #3909
• Fix java.lang.ClassCastException is reading default yaml config - #3920
• Refactor + rename util function inside MandatoryBracesIfStatement rule - #3908
• Rename Tests to Spec - #3906
• verify that no rule is configured with kdoc tags - #3870
• Setup FOSSA - #3836
• jvmTarget can't be null - #3818
• Add test for ruleset provider configuration - #3814
• Merge JaCoCo coverage reports the "right" way - #3650
• Update outdated Gradle plugin documentation regarding source files - #3883
• Make documentation more precise about how rules are enabled - #3889
• Rename MapGetWithNotNullAsserSpec to follow test convention - #3878
• Remove custom assertions that check kdoc of rules - #3859
• Avoid overlapping outputs - #3790
• Revert "Avoid overlapping outputs" - #3943

See all issues at: 1.18.0