📌 eslint-plugin-fix-later

This plugin automatically suppresses ESLint errors with "fix later" comments, turning them into warnings for future resolution.

Before	After auto-fix
console.log(data) ❌ Error no-console Unexpected console statement	// eslint-disable-next-line no-console -- Fix later console.log(data) ⚠️ Warning [REMINDER] Fix later

Tip

Use the git blame feature documented below to tag the author in the "fix later" comment.

Why?

In large projects with many developers, ESLint helps keep code consistent and high-quality. But, updating the ESLint config with new rules can be challenging when it surfaces many new errors. This would be too much for one dev to fix, and potentially risky if it's outside of their familiarity.

This plugin solves this by temporarily suppressing these errors into "fix later" warnings, allowing the right dev to address them when ready. This keeps the project moving forward without sacrificing code quality.

Install

pnpm i -D eslint-plugin-fix-later

Setup

In your ESLint config:

{
    plugins: [
        // ...
        'fix-later',
    ],
    rules: {
        // ...
        'fix-later/fix-later': ['warn', {
            // Options...
        }]
    }
}

Recommended workflow

1. Activate this plugin

   Set up the fix-later rule to emit a warning (as opposed to errors).

2. Automate linting on commit

   Use simple-git-hooks & lint-staged to auto-lint changed files when committing

3. Disallow linting warnings on commit

   Configure your commit hook to reject warnings: eslint --max-warnings=0

   This encourages devs working in the file to address outstanding warnings if they can. If not, they can commit with --no-verify.

4. Disallow linting errors on CI

   On CI, run ESLint with warnings allowed: eslint .

   This approach prevents errors from slipping through while accommodating "fix later" notes.

Suppressing auto-fixable errors (ESLint v8+)

Pass in the --fix-type=directive flag to ESLint to only apply the fix-later auto-fix.

Options

includeWarnings

Type: boolean

Default: false

Whether to suppress warnings in addition to errors.

insertDisableComment

Type: 'above-line' | 'end-of-line'

Default: 'end-of-line'

Whether to put the eslint-disable comment on the same line or on the line above.

commentTemplate

Type: string

Default: 'Fix later'

The template for the eslint-disable comment. The {{ eslint-disable }} handlebar is required to interpolate the eslint-disable type into.

Git blame

You can get the git blame author of the errorneous code:

Please fix: {{ blame.author }} <{{ blame.author-mail }}>

Which will create the following comment:

// eslint-disable-line -- Please fix: John Doe <john@doe.org>

All properties from git blame are available:

{
    "author": "John Doe",
    "author-mail": "john@doe.org",
    "author-time": "1708498454",
    "author-tz": "+0100",
    "committer": "John Doe",
    "committer-mail": "<john@doe.org>",
    "committer-time": "1708498454",
    "committer-tz": "+0100"
}

CODEOWNER

You can get the CODEOWNER of the file:

Please fix: {{ codeowner }}