format-comment

added in: 1.0.0 style

Prefer format comments like sentences.

Config

Set ignored-patterns (default is none) to ignore comments that match the given regular expressions.

Set only-doc-comments (default is false) to check only documentation comments (///).

dart_code_linter:
  ...
  rules:
    ...
    - format-comment:
        only-doc-comments: true
        ignored-patterns:
          - ^ cSpell.*  # Ignores all the comments that start with 'cSpell' (for example: '// cSpell:disable-next-line').

Example

Bad:

// prefer format comments like sentences // LINT
class Test {
  /// with start space with dot. // LINT
  Test() {
    // with start space with dot. // LINT
  }

  /// With start space without dot // LINT
  function() {
    //Without start space without dot // LINT
  }
}
/* prefer format comments
like sentences */ // LINT

Good:

// Prefer format comments like sentences.
class Test {
  /// With start space with dot.
  Test() {
    // With start space with dot.
  }

  /// With start space without dot.
  function() {
    // Without start space without dot.
  }
}
/* Prefer format comments
like sentences. */