View Source mix credo explain
explain allows you to dig deeper into an issue, by showing you details about the issue and the reasoning by it being reported.
As a convenience, you can just copy-paste the filename:line_number:column string from the report behind the Credo command to check it out.
Example usage:
$ mix credo
[...]
┃ [C] ↗ There is no whitespace around parentheses/brackets most of the time, but here there is.
┃ lib/my_app/server.ex:10:24 #(Credo.Code.InterpolationHelperTest)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
copy this and use it with `mix credo`!
[...]
$ mix credo lib/my_app/server.ex:10:24 # show explanation for the issue
Please note that you do not have to specify the explain command explicitly when using an issue location:
$ mix credo lib/my_app/server.ex:10:24 # short-hand without `explain`
$ mix credo explain lib/my_app/server.ex:10:24 # identical to this
Credits: This is inspired by how you can snap the info from failed tests behind mix test.
Command Line Switches
--format
Display the explanation in a specific format (json)
$ mix credo explain lib/my_app/server.ex:10:24 --format json