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Check Unused Files

Checks unused *.dart files.

To execute the command, run:

$ dcm check-unused-files lib # or dcm uf lib

Full command description:

Usage: dcm check-unused-files [arguments...] <directories>
-h, --help                                       Print this usage information.


-r, --reporter=<console>                         Analysis output format.
                                                 [console (default), json, codeclimate, gitlab, checkstyle]
-a, --absolute-path                              Show absolute paths in console reporter output.
    --json-path=<path/to/file.json>              Path to the JSON file with the analysis output.


-c, --print-config                               Print resolved config.


    --root-folder=<./>                           Root folder.
                                                 (defaults to the current directory)
    --sdk-path=<directory-path>                  Dart SDK directory path.
                                                 If the project has a `.fvm/flutter_sdk` symlink, it will be used if the SDK is not found.
    --exclude=<{**/*.g.dart,**/*.freezed.dart}>  File paths in Glob syntax to be exclude.
                                                 (defaults to "{**/*.g.dart,**/*.freezed.dart}")


    --no-congratulate                            Don't show output even when there are no issues.


    --verbose                                    Show verbose logs.


    --ci-key                                     The license key to run on CI server. Can be provided via DCM_CI_KEY env variable.
    --email                                      The email used to purchase the license. Can be provided via DCM_EMAIL env variable.


    --no-analytics                               Disable sending anonymous usage statistics.


    --monorepo                                   Include publicly exported files into the check.


    --[no-]fatal-unused                          Treat find unused file as fatal.
                                                 (defaults to on)


-d, --delete-files                               Delete all unused files.

Suppressing the command​

In order to suppress the command add ignore_for_file: unused-files to the beginning of a file.

Cyclic usage detection​

If you have several files that reference each other, but are not referenced by other files and technically are unused, the command will only detect 1 level of cyclic usage.

Monorepo support​

warning

By default, this command treats all files that are exported from the package as used. It uses check-exports-completeness results and won't report even transitive public entities that are not exported directly.

This command also follows this convention of locating implementation files in the lib/src/ folder. If you don't follow this convention, you will need to pass the --monorepo flag for this command to work.

To disable this behavior use --monorepo flag. This might be useful when all the packages in your repository are only used within the repository and are not published to the pub.

Output example​

Console​

Use --reporter=console to enable this format.

Console

JSON​

The reporter prints a single JSON object containing meta information and the unused file paths. Use --reporter=json to enable this format.

The root object fields are​

  • formatVersion - an integer representing the format version (will be incremented each time the serialization format changes)
  • timestamp - a creation time of the report in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format
  • unusedFiles - an array of unused files
  • automaticallyDeleted - an indication of unused files being automatically deleted
{
  "formatVersion": 2,
  "timestamp": "2021-04-11 14:44:42",
  "unusedFiles": [
    {
      ...
    },
    {
      ...
    },
    {
      ...
    }
  ],
  "automaticallyDeleted": false
}

The unusedFiles object fields are​

  • path - a relative path of the unused file
  • usedOnlyInTests a boolean value that indicates files used only by test files
{
  "path": "lib/src/some/file.dart",
  "usedOnlyInTests": false
}

GitLab​

Reports unused file issues in merge requests based on Code Quality custom tool. Use --reporter=gitlab to enable this format.

Checkstyle​

Use --reporter=checkstyle to enable this format.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<checkstyle version="10.0">
  <file name="example.dart">
    <error line="0" message="Unused file" severity="warning" source="unused-file-issue"/>
  </file>
</checkstyle>