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Developers miss lint errors outside the files open in their editor

Developers using editor linting extensions want to see errors across a whole project, but some extensions report diagnostics only for files they have opened. They then have to run a linter in the terminal and hunt through its output to find the right file and line. The signals point most strongly to an on-demand, workspace-wide linting workflow; related requests also mention configuration and runtime friction.

For developers who rely on editor-based linting. Mentioned from Jun 2016 to Sep 2026 on Bluesky, GitHub and Hacker News.

11 different people described this problem in 8 separate discussions.

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Indie fit
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Pain
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Frequency
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Willingness to pay
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Who pays
Professionals
Competition
High
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Medium

What people said

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  1. I then need to perform the fun dance between my terminal and VS Code, searching for the right line in the right file before I can fix the problem
    kevinjreece on GitHub (microsoft/vscode)Oct 2016+1508 upvotesHas a workaround
  2. I noticed ESLint only shows errors of files you've opened. Is there a way to force it to scan all files in the project?
    empz on GitHub (microsoft/vscode-eslint)Jun 2016+284 upvotesAsked for a tool
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