Which source paths are checked by detekt by default?

[kaushalyap]

I am using detekt gradle plugin, I wonder which source paths are checked by detekt by default?

Is it only ?

• main/java/
• main/kotlin/
• test/java/
• test/kotlin/

what about .kts files?

Do I need a custom detekt task to include .kts and test source files as described here?

[cortinico]

I am using detekt gradle plugin, I wonder which source paths are checked by detekt by default?

The answer depends on which detekt task you're invoking. I will answer assuming you're invoking the detetk plain task and not providing further configuration. Then the task will check:

• Inside the src/main/java and src/main/kotlin folders (see here)
• Both .kt and .kts files (see here)

[kaushalyap]

thanks for reply! Yes I am talking about detekt task, is build.gradle.kts inside modules (ex: app/ ) also checked? because they are not in src/main/java or src/main/kotlin

Is not line check all *.kt, *.kts files regardless of the path? or is it local to the src set directories?

[cortinico]

is build.gradle.kts inside modules (ex: app/ ) also checked? because they are not in src/main/java or src/main/kotlin

Nope, it's not inspected by default as is not in the two folders I mentioned.

Is not line check all *.kt, *.kts files regardless of the path? or is it local to the src set directories?

Correct, the .kt and .kts files are searched only in the src/main/java and src/main/kotlin directories.

[kaushalyap]

Nope, it's not inspected by default as is not in the two folders I mentioned.

So that means we need to define custom detekt task in order to check build.gradle.kts That is annoying which there was config option to scan build.gradle.kts files. Should I open a feature request for this?

[cortinico]

So that means we need to define custom detekt task in order to check build.gradle.kts

Not necessarily. You can configure Detekt's input using the detekt{} block in your gradle file (see here):

detekt {
    input = files(     // The directories where detekt looks for source files. Defaults to `files("src/main/java", "src/main/kotlin")`.
        "src/main/kotlin",
        "gensrc/main/kotlin"
    )
    ...
}

[Marcono1234]

It looks like since #3649 the test sources will be checked as well.