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Use when making code changes to ensure they pass VS Code's hygiene checks. Covers the pre-commit hook, unicode restrictions, string quoting rules, copyright…

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Use when making code changes to ensure they pass VS Code's hygiene checks. Covers the pre-commit hook, unicode restrictions, string quoting rules, copyright…

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name: hygiene description: Use when making code changes to ensure they pass VS Code's hygiene checks. Covers the pre-commit hook, unicode restrictions, string quoting rules, copyright headers, indentation, formatting, ESLint, and stylelint. Run the hygiene check before declaring work complete.

Hygiene Checks

VS Code runs a hygiene check as a git pre-commit hook. Commits will be rejected if hygiene fails.

What it checks

The hygiene linter scans staged files for issues including (but not limited to):

  • Unicode characters: Non-ASCII characters (em-dashes, curly quotes, emoji, etc.) are rejected. Use ASCII equivalents in comments and code. Suppress with // allow-any-unicode-next-line or // allow-any-unicode-comment-file.
  • Double-quoted strings: Only use "double quotes" for externalized (localized) strings. Use 'single quotes' everywhere else.
  • Copyright headers: All files must include the Microsoft copyright header.
  • Indentation: Tabs only, no spaces for indentation.
  • Formatting: TypeScript files must match the formatter output (run Format Document to fix).
  • ESLint: TypeScript files are linted with ESLint.
  • Stylelint: CSS files are linted with stylelint.