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$ qlty smells [OPTIONS] [PATHS]

Identify code smells like duplication and structure issues

Detect issues like duplication (copy and pasted code), high complexity, deeply nested control flows, etc. for supported languages using our custom built static analysis.

Arguments

[PATHS]

One or more paths to scan for code smells.

-a, --all

Compute smells for all files, not just changed

--no-duplication

Don’t check for duplication

--include-tests

Include tests

--no-snippets

Don’t show code snippets

--upstream

Upstream base ref to compare against

--quiet

Only show results

Examples

Analyze your current branch

$ qlty smells

Analyze your entire project for code smells

$ qlty smells --all

Analyze specific paths for code smells

$ qlty smells example-app/components/ui react-app/utils

Analyze a specific file for code smells

$ qlty smells example-app/components/ui/Dropdown.tsx

Skip duplication analysis

$ qlty smells --all --no-duplication

Analyze for code smells against a specific upstream branch

$ qlty smells --upstream origin/main