dart-lang / dart_style

An opinionated formatter/linter for Dart code
https://pub.dev/packages/dart_style
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
650 stars 121 forks source link

Rename "--line-length" option to "--page-width". #1577

Closed munificent closed 1 month ago

munificent commented 1 month ago

The formatter has always been inconsistent about how to refer to the limit that it tries to fit code in. The option name (which is older than when I started working on the formatter) is "--line-length". But the public API and all of the internal code uses "page width".

This renames that option to "--page-width". The old name is still supported (but hidden in help) for backwards compatibility.

In practice, this option isn't used often, so this likely won't affect many users. We've already made a major version bump, so now seems like a good time to clean things up as much as possible.

cc @johnmccutchan since the inconsistency was bugging you. :)