prefer-output-null.md

eslint-plugin/prefer-output-null

📝 Disallow invalid RuleTester test cases where the output matches the code.

💼 This rule is enabled in the ✅ recommended config.

🔧 This rule is automatically fixable by the --fix CLI option.

Instead of repeating the test case code, using output: null is more concise and makes it easier to distinguish whether a test case provides an autofix.

Rule Details

The rule reports an error if it encounters a test case where the output is the same as the code.

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

/* eslint eslint-plugin/prefer-output-null: error */

new RuleTester().run('foo', bar, {
  valid: [],
  invalid: [{ code: 'foo', output: 'foo', errors: [{ message: 'bar' }] }],
});

Examples of correct code for this rule:

/* eslint eslint-plugin/prefer-output-null: error */

new RuleTester().run('foo', bar, {
  valid: [],
  invalid: [{ code: 'foo', output: null, errors: [{ message: 'bar' }] }],
});