editorconfig

A small CLI to manage a consistent .editorconfig across your projects.

• ✅ Generate a sane default .editorconfig in seconds
• ✅ Check if your existing file matches the target setup
• 🔜 Propose updates (with confirmation) instead of blindly overwriting
• 🔜 Compare your file against the recommended template

Why?

Keeping .editorconfig aligned across multiple repositories is boring and error-prone:

• Some repos have no .editorconfig
• Some have outdated or partial settings
• People copy–paste from “somewhere” and drift over time

This CLI aims to provide a single source of truth for your preferred .editorconfig, and a few helpers to keep it in sync.

Installation

You can use it without installing, via npx:

npx @sheplu/editorconfig --mode=write

Or install it globally:

npm install -g @sheplu/editorconfig
editorconfig

Or as a dev dependency:

npm install -D @sheplu/editorconfig

Quick Start

From the root of your project:

npx @sheplu/editorconfig --mode=write

This will:

• Create a .editorconfig file if it doesn’t exist
• (Current behavior) Write the default template
• (Future behavior) Ask before overwriting an existing file

Current Features

write

npx @sheplu/editorconfig --mode=write

Creates a base .editorconfig file in the current directory.

Typical content (example):

root = true

[*]
indent_style = tab
indent_size = 4
tab_width = 4
end_of_line = lf
charset = utf-8
spelling_language = en
trim_trailing_whitespace = true
insert_final_newline = true
quote_type = single
spaces_around_operators = true

check

npx @sheplu/editorconfig --mode=check

Validates your existing .editorconfig and reports any drift from the target configuration.

This command will:

• Read your existing .editorconfig
• Compare it against the tool’s canonical template
• Exit with:
  • 0 if everything matches
  • 1 if differences are found

Planned / Upcoming Features

1. Interactive update / replace

npx @sheplu/editorconfig --mode=fix

2. Compare with target setup

npx @sheplu/editorconfig --mode=diff

Roadmap

• [ ] Add diff logic and diff command
• [ ] Add interactive fix / update command
• [ ] Expose presets or configuration options
• [ ] Add tests and CI examples

Additional properties can be found on the editorconfig wiki.