New Rule suggestion: sort-dependencies

Acronyms

TBD - to be discussed

The use case for the rule - what is it trying to prevent or flag? Include code examples.

This rule would flag unordered dependencies preferably configurable.

Env: Node

Default flagging: Symbols -> Upper case letters -> Lower case letters

Examples flagged

es6

import * as lib from './foo';
import { x, z , F } from './bar';
import _ from 'underscore'; 
import y from './baz';
import A from './byz';

es5

const lib = require('./foo');
const x = require('./bar');
const z = require('./bar');
const F = require('./bar');
const _ = require('underscore');
const y = require('./baz');
const A = require('./byz');

Examples fixed

es6

import _ from 'underscore'; //TBD if * over _ or configurable
import * as lib from './foo';
import A from './byz';
import { x, z , F } from './bar'; //inline dependencies possible caveat TBD
import y from './baz';

es5

const _ = require('underscore');
const A = require('./byz');
const F = require('./bar');
const lib = require('./foo');
const x = require('./bar');
const y = require('./baz');
const z = require('./bar');

Whether the rule is trying to prevent an error or is purely stylistic.

Purely stylistic

Why you believe this rule is generic enough to be included.

The rule would basically collect all dependencies and sort them. This is possible for both es5 and es6 using the same rule.

Whether the rule should be on or off by default.

Off by default

[wmertens]

@cschuller any chance of an auto-fix? Don’t feel up to implementing that myself, so just requesting in the hope you do 😉

[cschuller]

@wmertens Sorry, the chance is very low, but not zero 😉 Speaking personally, I love ESLint, but I do not like the auto-fix feature. The primary focus of ESLint shall be linting not fixing. Besides my personal point of view, if more people are interested in adding auto-fix to sort-import, I can do it. 😃