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Code quality rule configuration options

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The code quality rules have additional configuration options, besides just configuring their severity. For example, each code quality analyzer can be configured to only apply to specific parts of your codebase. You specify these options by adding key-value pairs to the same EditorConfig file where you specify rule severities and general editor preferences.

Note

This article does not detail how to configure a rule's severity. The .editorconfig option to set a rule's severity has a different prefix (dotnet_diagnostic) to the options described here (dotnet_code_quality). In addition, the options described here pertain to code quality rules only, whereas the severity option applies to code style rules as well. As a quick reference, you can configure a rule's severity using the following option syntax:

dotnet_diagnostic.<rule ID>.severity = <severity value>

However, for detailed information about configuring rule severity, see Severity level.

Option scopes

Each refining option can be configured for all rules, for a category of rules (for example, Security or Design), or for a specific rule.

All rules

The syntax for configuring an option for all rules is as follows:

Syntax Example
dotnet_code_quality.<OptionName> = <OptionValue> dotnet_code_quality.api_surface = public

The values for <OptionName> are listed under Options.

Category of rules

The syntax for configuring an option for a category of rules is as follows:

Syntax Example
dotnet_code_quality.<RuleCategory>.<OptionName> = OptionValue dotnet_code_quality.Naming.api_surface = public

The following table lists the available values for <RuleCategory>.

Design
Documentation
Globalization
Interoperability

Maintainability
Naming
Performance
SingleFile

Reliability
Security
Usage

Specific rule

The syntax for configuring an option for a specific rule is as follows:

Syntax Example
dotnet_code_quality.<RuleId>.<OptionName> = <OptionValue> dotnet_code_quality.CA1040.api_surface = public

Options

This section lists some of the available options. To see the full list of available options, see Analyzer configuration.

api_surface

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Which part of the API surface to analyze public (applies to public and protected APIs)
internal or friend (applies to internal and private protected APIs)
private (applies to private APIs)
all (applies to all APIs)

Separate multiple values with a comma (,)		 public CA1000 CA1002 CA1003 CA1005 CA1008 CA1010 CA1012 CA1021 CA1024 CA1027 CA1028 CA1030 CA1036 CA1040 CA1041 CA1043 CA1044 CA1045 CA1046 CA1047 CA1051 CA1052 CA1054 CA1055 CA1056 CA1058 CA1062 CA1063 CA1068 CA1070 CA1700 CA1707 CA1708 CA1710 CA1711 CA1714 CA1715 CA1716 CA1717 CA1720 CA1721 CA1725 CA1801 CA1802 CA1815 CA1819 CA1822 CA1859 CA2208 CA2217 CA2225 CA2226 CA2231 CA2234

exclude_async_void_methods

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Whether to ignore asynchronous methods that don't return a value true
false		 false CA2007

Note

This option was named skip_async_void_methods in an earlier version.

exclude_single_letter_type_parameters

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Whether to exclude single-character type parameters from the rule, for example, S in Collection<S> true
false		 false CA1715

Note

This option was named allow_single_letter_type_parameters in an earlier version.

output_kind

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Specifies that code in a project that generates this type of assembly should be analyzed One or more fields of the OutputKind enumeration

Separate multiple values with a comma (,)		 All output kinds CA2007

required_modifiers

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Specifies the required modifiers for APIs that should be analyzed One or more values from the below allowed modifiers table

Separate multiple values with a comma (,)		 Depends on each rule CA1802
Allowed Modifier Summary
none No modifier requirement
static or Shared Must be declared as static (Shared in Visual Basic)
const Must be declared as const
readonly Must be declared as readonly
abstract Must be declared as abstract
virtual Must be declared as virtual
override Must be declared as override
sealed Must be declared as sealed
extern Must be declared as extern
async Must be declared as async

exclude_extension_method_this_parameter

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Whether to skip analysis for the this parameter of extension methods true
false		 false CA1062

null_check_validation_methods

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Names of null-check validation methods that validate that arguments passed to the method are non-null Allowed method name formats (separated by |):
- Method name only (includes all methods with the name, regardless of the containing type or namespace)
- Fully qualified names in the symbol's documentation ID format, with an optional M: prefix		 None CA1062

additional_string_formatting_methods

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Names of additional string formatting methods Allowed method name formats (separated by |):
- Method name only (includes all methods with the name, regardless of the containing type or namespace)
- Fully qualified names in the symbol's documentation ID format, with an optional M: prefix		 None CA2241

excluded_type_names_with_derived_types

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Names of types, such that the type and all its derived types are excluded for analysis Allowed symbol name formats (separated by |):
- Type name only (includes all types with the name, regardless of the containing type or namespace)
- Fully qualified names in the symbol's documentation ID format, with an optional T: prefix		 None CA1001 CA1054 CA1055 CA1056 CA1062 CA1068 CA1303 CA1304 CA1305 CA1508 CA2000 CA2100 CA2301 CA2302 CA2311 CA2312 CA2321 CA2322 CA2327 CA2328 CA2329 CA2330 CA3001 CA3002 CA3003 CA3004 CA3005 CA3006 CA3007 CA3008 CA3009 CA3010 CA3011 CA3012 CA5361 CA5376 CA5377 CA5378 CA5380 CA5381 CA5382 CA5383 CA5384 CA5387 CA5388 CA5389 CA5390 CA5399 CA5400

excluded_symbol_names

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Names of symbols that are excluded for analysis Allowed symbol name formats (separated by |):
- Symbol name only (includes all symbols with the name, regardless of the containing type or namespace)
- Fully qualified names in the symbol's documentation ID format. Each symbol name requires a symbol kind prefix, such as M: prefix for methods, T: prefix for types, and N: prefix for namespaces.
- .ctor for constructors and .cctor for static constructors		 None CA1001 CA1054 CA1055 CA1056 CA1062 CA1068 CA1303 CA1304 CA1305 CA1508 CA2000 CA2100 CA2301 CA2302 CA2311 CA2312 CA2321 CA2322 CA2327 CA2328 CA2329 CA2330 CA3001 CA3002 CA3003 CA3004 CA3005 CA3006 CA3007 CA3008 CA3009 CA3010 CA3011 CA3012 CA5361 CA5376 CA5377 CA5378 CA5380 CA5381 CA5382 CA5383 CA5384 CA5387 CA5388 CA5389 CA5390 CA5399 CA5400

disallowed_symbol_names

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Names of symbols that are disallowed in the context of the analysis Allowed symbol name formats (separated by |):
- Symbol name only (includes all symbols with the name, regardless of the containing type or namespace)
- Fully qualified names in the symbol's documentation ID format. Each symbol name requires a symbol kind prefix, such as M: prefix for methods, T: prefix for types, and N: prefix for namespaces.
- .ctor for constructors and .cctor for static constructors		 None CA1031

exclude_ordefault_methods

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Excludes FirstOrDefault and LastOrDefault methods from analysis. true or false false CA1826

ignore_internalsvisibleto

Description Allowable values Default value Configurable rules
Includes assemblies marked with InternalsVisibleToAttribute in analysis. true or false true CA1812 CA1852