From 65880fec780b2daa01f62cd8a665ecc8df0c9aca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: w0rp <devw0rp@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 00:42:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a linter for checking ALE code itself

---
 ale_linters/vim/ale_custom_linting_rules.vim | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 ale_linters/vim/ale_custom_linting_rules.vim

diff --git a/ale_linters/vim/ale_custom_linting_rules.vim b/ale_linters/vim/ale_custom_linting_rules.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9981c54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ale_linters/vim/ale_custom_linting_rules.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+" Author: w0rp <devw0rp@gmail.com>
+" Description: A linter for checking ALE project code itself.
+
+function! ale_linters#vim#ale_custom_linting_rules#GetExecutable(buffer) abort
+    " Look for the custom-linting-rules script.
+    return ale#path#FindNearestFile(a:buffer, 'test/script/custom-linting-rules')
+endfunction
+
+function! s:GetALEProjectDir(buffer) abort
+    let l:executable = ale_linters#vim#ale_custom_linting_rules#GetExecutable(a:buffer)
+
+    return ale#path#Dirname(ale#path#Dirname(ale#path#Dirname(l:executable)))
+endfunction
+
+function! ale_linters#vim#ale_custom_linting_rules#GetCommand(buffer) abort
+    let l:dir = s:GetALEProjectDir(a:buffer)
+
+    return ale#path#CdString(l:dir) . '%e .'
+endfunction
+
+function! ale_linters#vim#ale_custom_linting_rules#Handle(buffer, lines) abort
+    let l:dir = s:GetALEProjectDir(a:buffer)
+    let l:output = []
+    let l:pattern = '\v^([a-zA-Z]?:?[^:]+):(\d+) (.+)$'
+
+    for l:match in ale#util#GetMatches(a:lines, l:pattern)
+        let l:filename = ale#path#GetAbsPath(l:dir, l:match[1])
+
+        if bufnr(l:filename) is a:buffer
+            call add(l:output, {
+            \   'lnum': l:match[2],
+            \   'text': l:match[3],
+            \   'type': 'W',
+            \})
+        endif
+    endfor
+
+    return l:output
+endfunction
+
+call ale#linter#Define('vim', {
+\   'name': 'ale_custom_linting_rules',
+\   'executable_callback': 'ale_linters#vim#ale_custom_linting_rules#GetExecutable',
+\   'command_callback': 'ale_linters#vim#ale_custom_linting_rules#GetCommand',
+\   'callback': 'ale_linters#vim#ale_custom_linting_rules#Handle',
+\   'lint_file': 1,
+\})