eslint-plugin-esfold

An ESLint plugin which breaks lines when they exceed a specified width, using ESLint’s --fix option.

npm install --save-dev eslint-plugin-esfold

eslint.config.js

import esfold from 'eslint-plugin-esfold';

export default [
  {
    plugins: { esfold },
    rules: { 'esfold/breaks': ['error'] },
  },
];

What it does

At maxWidth: 80, this line measured at 90 columns

const result = computeThing(firstArgument, secondArgument, thirdArgument, fourthArgument);

becomes

const result = computeThing(
  firstArgument,
  secondArgument,
  thirdArgument,
  fourthArgument
);

Pair it with @stylistic/comma-dangle if you want a trailing comma.

Fix types

• overWidth — the line exceeds maxWidth and contains valid potential breaks.
• necessaryBreak — a line contains syntax which must be followed by a break regardless of width, e.g. blocks, classes, interface bodies, statement boundaries or nested JSX elements.
• inconsistentGroup — a group has line breaks applied inconsistently, e.g. an array which does not have breaks for each elements.
• joinable — with join: true, a fully broken group fits on one line.
• moved — a line inside something that moved, such as the body of a function whose call came apart or hugged again, takes the same shift.

Options

Option	Default
maxWidth	80	Columns a line may occupy.
tabWidth	2	Columns a tab advances to. Matters only for tab-indented files.
join	false	Also join a fully broken group back onto one line when it fits.

import esfold from 'eslint-plugin-esfold';

export default [
  {
    plugins: { esfold },
    rules: { 'esfold/breaks': ['error', { maxWidth: 80, tabWidth: 2 }] },
  },
];

Usage with other rules

The fold plugin attempts to coexist with other rules. Indentation, brace spacing and other settings are inferred from the file. The plugin also respects newline preferences encoded in other rules like @stylistic/operator-linebreak, dot-location and comma-style, so that the rules jointly resolve within a single --fix run.

Fold sets the indentation of the lines it adds, and moves the lines inside an item along with it, but leaves the indentation of every other line to an indent rule. Without join, it also preserves line breaks which are consistently applied.

A call in the shape of a test case, such as it("title", () => {, keeps its title and callback on one line whatever the width, as Prettier does.

Joining lines

With join: true, width alone decides the layout. Every break a group owns is taken out first, then put back only where the width needs it, so the same code lands on the same layout no matter how it was broken before.

const point = {
  x: 1,
  y: 2,
};

becomes

const point = { x: 1, y: 2 };

A dangling comma goes with the breaks, and a leading | or & in a broken union or intersection type goes too. A blank line or an own-line comment between a group's items pins that group's layout, as does anything that must break, like a block or an interface body. Rules that force breaks, such as @stylistic/array-element-newline: always, fight with join and should not be combined with it. Pair join with @stylistic/comma-dangle if trailing commas should come back when a joined list breaks again.

Requirements

ESLint 9 or later.

License

MIT