Change Request: allowing eslint-disable-next-line directives to have extra lines only for descriptions

ESLint version

v8.8.0

What problem do you want to solve?

It is possible to allow eslint-disable-next-line directives to span multiple lines like this:

/* eslint-disable-next-line no-console --
 * Here's a very long description about why this configuration is necessary
 * along with some additional information
**/

But some of us prefer reserving // for plain comments using multiline-comment-style with the option "separate-lines".

We would like to support this:

// eslint-disable-next-line global-require -- Some text here as well
// description on why this exception is seen as appropriate but past a 
// comfortable reading line length

What do you think is the correct solution?

For ESLint to support it.

Participation

• I am willing to submit a pull request for this change.

Additional comments

Original PR for the currently allowed multi-line eslint-disable-next-line directives seen here https://github.com/eslint/eslint/pull/15436

[mdjermanovic]

I agree with closing as it seems there is no good way to support the requested feature.

[thernstig]

@mdjermanovic very true, should we close this then? I assume from all this there is no good way to support the original request?