comment-empty-line-before
Require or disallow an empty line before comments.
a {}
/* ← */
/* comment */ /* ↑ */
/** ↑
* This line */
This rule ignores:
- comments that are the very first node in the source
- shared-line comments
- single-line comments with
//
(when you're using a custom syntax that supports them) - comments within selector and value lists
The fix
option can automatically fix all of the problems reported by this rule.
Options
string
: "always"|"never"
"always"
There must always be an empty line before comments.
The following patterns are considered problems:
a {}
/* comment */
The following patterns are not considered problems:
a {}
/* comment */
a {} /* comment */
"never"
There must never be an empty line before comments.
The following patterns are considered problems:
a {}
/* comment */
The following patterns are not considered problems:
a {}
/* comment */
a {} /* comment */
Optional secondary options
except: ["first-nested"]
Reverse the primary option for comments that are nested and the first child of their parent node.
For example, with "always"
:
The following patterns are considered problems:
a {
/* comment */
color: pink;
}
The following patterns are not considered problems:
a {
/* comment */
color: pink;
}
ignore: ["after-comment", "stylelint-commands"]
"after-comment"
Ignore comments that follow another comment.
For example, with "always"
:
The following patterns are not considered problems:
a {
background: pink;
/* comment */
/* comment */
color: #eee;
}
a {
background: pink;
/* comment */
/* comment */
color: #eee;
}
"stylelint-commands"
Ignore configuration comments, e.g. /* stylelint-disable color-no-hex */
.
For example, with "always"
:
The following patterns are considered problems:
a {
background: pink;
/* not a configuration comment */
color: #eee;
}
The following patterns are not considered problems:
a {
background: pink;
/* stylelint-disable color-no-hex */
color: pink;
}
ignoreComments: ["/regex/", /regex/, "string"]
Ignore comments matching the given regular expressions or strings.
For example, with "always"
and given:
["/^ignore/", "string-ignore"]
The following patterns are not considered problems:
:root {
background: pink;
/* ignore this comment because of the regex */
color: pink;
}
:root {
background: pink;
/* string-ignore */
color: pink;
}