techdbt

dbt is a simple tool to scan your codebase for TODO, FIXME, and REFACTOR comments.

dbt has 0 externaldependencies.

Installation

npm install -g techdbt

Usage

dbt ./src
dbt ./src/index.js

-o {format}	Description
json	Output findings in JSON format
jsonl	Output findings in JSONL format
txt	Output findings in plain text format
ctxt	Output findings in colorized plain text format (Default)

Example outputs

-o ctxt

# ctxt, colored terminal output (default)
dbt ./src -o ctxt
scanner.js:25 FIXME:s?(.*)", "REFACTOR:s?(.*)", "TODO:s?(.*)"]
scanner.js:114 FIXME: replace with function that respects .gitignore file

-o txt

# txt
dbt ./src -o txt
scanner.js:25 FIXME:s?(.*)", "REFACTOR:s?(.*)", "TODO:s?(.*)"]
scanner.js:114 FIXME: replace with function that respects .gitignore file

-o json

# json
dbt ./src -o json
[{"file":"scanner.js","line":25,"comment":"FIXME:s?(.*)\", \"REFACTOR:s?(.*)\", \"TODO:s?(.*)\"]"},{"file":"scanner.js","line":114,"comment":"FIXME: replace with function that respects .gitignore file"}]

-o jsonl

# jsonl
dbt ./src -o jsonl
{"file":"scanner.js","line":25,"comment":"FIXME:s?(.*)\", \"REFACTOR:s?(.*)\", \"TODO:s?(.*)\"]"}
{"file":"scanner.js","line":114,"comment":"FIXME: replace with function that respects .gitignore file"}