avoid-unnecessary-if

added in: 1.9.0

warning

🛠

preset: recommended

Warns when a return statement inside an if block is equal to the return statement after it.

Example

❌ Bad:

final value = 1;

int function() {
  if (value == 2) { // LINT
    return 1;
  }

  return 1;
}

✅ Good:

final value = 1;

int function() {
  if (value == 2) {
    return 2;
  }

  return 1;
}