noRestrictedDependencies (JSON)

Summary

Rule available since: v2.5.0
Diagnostic Category: lint/nursery/noRestrictedDependencies
This rule doesn’t have a fix.
The default severity of this rule is information.
Sources:
- Same as e18e/ban-dependencies

How to configure

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{
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  "linter": {
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    "rules": {
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      "nursery": {
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        "noRestrictedDependencies": "error"
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      }
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    }
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  }
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}

Description

Disallow dependencies that are known to have better alternatives.

This rule checks dependencies and devDependencies in package.json against e18e’s replacement data and suggests modern, native, or more maintainable alternatives.

Examples

Invalid

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{
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  "dependencies": {
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    "globby": "x.x.x"
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  }
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}

/package.json:3:5 lint/nursery/noRestrictedDependencies ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

  ℹ Use of the restricted dependency globby detected.
  
    1 │ {
    2 │   "dependencies": {
  > 3 │     "globby": "x.x.x"
      │     ^^^^^^^^
    4 │   }
    5 │ }
  
  ℹ The dependency might be old, not actively maintained, or there's a native alternative.
  
  ℹ The following replacement is suggested:
    - Replace with the alternative: tinyglobby.
  
  ℹ Read more: https://e18e.dev/docs/replacements/globby
  
  ℹ This rule belongs to the nursery group, which means it is not yet stable and may change in the future. Visit https://biomejs.dev/linter/#nursery for more information.

Valid

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{
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  "dependencies": {
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    "tinyglobby": "x.x.x"
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  }
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}

See the e18e docs for the full list of replacements.