#no-empty-file

#Configuration

import { defineConfig, unicornPlugin } from '@rslint/core';

export default defineConfig([
  unicornPlugin.configs.recommended,
  {
    rules: {
      'unicorn/no-empty-file': 'error',
    },
  },
]);

#Rule Details

Disallow empty files, including files containing only whitespace, comments, directive prologues, empty statements, empty blocks, or a hashbang.

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

// Nothing implemented yet.

'use strict';
{}

Examples of correct code for this rule:

export {};

/// <reference types="node" />

Triple-slash comments are allowed, including TypeScript reference directives. Parenthesized strings and strings inside ordinary blocks count as content.

#Options

#allowComments

Type: boolean. Default: false.

Set allowComments: true to allow files containing only regular comments. Disable and enable directives do not count as regular comments. A hashbang, directive prologue, empty statement, or empty block is still reported even if accompanied by comments.

{
  rules: {
    'unicorn/no-empty-file': ['error', { allowComments: true }],
  },
}

This rule has no automatic fix or suggestions.

#Differences from upstream

The rslint-disable and rslint-enable aliases also count as lint directives. For example, a file containing only /* rslint-enable */ is reported even with allowComments: true; upstream treats that comment as ordinary text and allows it.

#Original Documentation

• eslint-plugin-unicorn: no-empty-file
• Source code