realm/SwiftLint 0.42.0-rc.1

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This is a prerelease version. It won't be published to Homebrew or CocoaPods. But there are many other ways to install:

• Downloading the attached SwiftLint.pkg installer and launching it
• Downloading the attached portable_swiftlint.zip archive, extracting it and moving the binary from portable_swiftlint/swiftlint to /usr/local/bin or elsewhere in your PATH
• Using Mint: mint install realm/SwiftLint@0.42.0-rc.1
• Cloning and building from source: git clone https://github.com/realm/SwiftLint.git && cd SwiftLint && git checkout 0.42.0-rc.1 && make install

Breaking

• SwiftLint now requires Swift 5.2 or higher to build.
  JP Simard

• SwiftLintFramework can no longer be integrated as a Carthage
  depdendency.
  JP Simard
  #3412

• SwiftLint.xcworkspace and SwiftLint.xcproject have been completely
  removed. You can still use Xcode to develop SwiftLint by opening it as
  a Swift Package by typing xed . or xed Package.swift from your
  shell.
  JP Simard
  #3412

• Renamed statement_level to function_level in nesting rule
  configuration.
  Skoti

• Separated type_level and function_level counting in nesting
  rule.
  Skoti
  #1151

• function_level in nesting rule defaults to 2 levels.
  Skoti

• Added check_nesting_in_closures_and_statements in nesting rule to
  search for nested types and functions within closures and statements.
  Defaults to true.
  Skoti

• Renamed OverridenSuperCallConfiguration to
  OverriddenSuperCallConfiguration.
  Bryan Ricker
  #3426

Experimental

• None.

Enhancements

• Don't report unavailable_function violations for functions returning
  Never.
  Artem Garmash
  #3286

• Added always_allow_one_type_in_functions option in nesting rule
  configuration. Defaults to false. This allows to nest one type
  within a function even if breaking the maximum type_level.
  Skoti
  #1151

• Add option to specify a child_config / parent_config file
  (local or remote) in any SwiftLint configuration file.
  Allow passing multiple configuration files via the command line.
  Improve documentation for multiple configuration files.
  Frederick Pietschmann
  #1352

• Add an always_keep_imports configuration option for the
  unused_import rule.
  Keith Smiley

• Add comment_spacing rule.
  Noah Gilmore
  #3233

• Add codeclimate reporter to generate JSON reports in codeclimate
  format. Could be used for GitLab Code Quality MR Widget.
  jkroepke
  #3424

• Add non_private_xctest_member rule.
  Keith Smiley

• Add an override_allowed_terms configuration parameter to the
  inclusive_language rule, with a default value of mastercard.
  Dalton Claybrook
  #3415

Bug Fixes

• Remove @IBOutlet and @IBInspectable from UnusedDeclarationRule.
  Keith Smiley
  #3184