Excluding Code from Analysis

info

DCL also excludes files listed in the analyzer exclude: option. For example,

analyzer:
  exclude:
    - 'example/**'
    - 'build/**'
    - '**/*.g.dart'
    - '**/*.freezed.dart'

will also disable DCL analysis for the listed files.

Using Comments

To ignore a specific rule or anti-pattern warning, add // ignore comment:

// ignore: no-empty-block
void emptyFunction() {}

End-of-line comments are supported as well. The following communicates the same:

void emptyFunction() {} // ignore: no-empty-block

To ignore a rule for an entire file, use the ignore_for_file comment. For example,

// ignore_for_file: no-empty-block
...
void emptyFunction() {}

It's the same approach that the dart linter package use.

caution

Analyzer // ignore_for_file: type=lint is currently not supported.

Commands also support ignore via comments. For example, ignore_for_file: unused-code comment will suppress unused code check for an entire file.

Using Configuration

If you want a specific rule to ignore files, you can configure exclude entry for it. For example,

dart_code_linter:
  rules:
    - no-equal-arguments:
        exclude:
          - test/**

and similar example for anti-pattern,

dart_code_linter:
  anti-patterns:
    - long-method:
        exclude:
          - test/**