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What is the purpose of this pull request?

This PR enables the reporting of unused directive comments (such as <!-- eslint-disable no-console -->) in Markdown files. When reportUnusedDisableDirectives is enabled, ESLint flags these configuration comments if they do not actively suppress any rules. Because the Markdown processor prepends these comments to the generated code, they fall outside the block boundaries. Previously, the processor returned null for these messages, causing ESLint to skip them. This PR intercepts unused directive reports and correctly maps them back to their absolute line, column, and autofix offsets in the Markdown source.

What changes did you make? (Give an overview)

  • Changed comments from an array of strings to objects that track original source location position.
  • Updated the processor to identify unused directive messages and intercept them for remapping.
  • Added test coverage validating correct remapping and autofix offsets across single and multiple comment scenarios.

Related Issues

Fixes #115

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for reporting unused ESLint directives in Markdown HTML comments.
    • Added autofixes to remove unused directives or individual rules from single-line and multiline comments.
    • Diagnostics and fixes now map back to the original Markdown comment locations.
  • Documentation

    • Updated configuration examples to exclude selected code blocks from ESLint checks.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for legacy and flat ESLint configurations, multiline comments, multiple directives, and paired enable comments.

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@lumirlumir lumirlumir moved this from Needs Triage to Implementing in Triage Jun 7, 2026
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Changes LGTM, thanks. Leaving open for lumir.

@lumirlumir lumirlumir moved this from Implementing to Second Review Needed in Triage Jun 19, 2026
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Could you take a look at the merge conflict?

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I’m sorry for the delay on my end. I’ll be sure to review it by the end of this weekend.

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Could you take a look at the CI failure? I think it’ll be resolved once we merge main or rebase the branch.

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I’m sorry for the delay on this PR. I’m going through a busy period, but I’ll be sure to review it by next weekend.

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Since there’s a pending next major release, and the changed BlockBase type can break existing types, I’m marking this PR as a breaking change.

@lumirlumir lumirlumir changed the title fix: remap locations for unused disable directives fix!: remap locations for unused disable directives Aug 29, 2026
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The processor now preserves Markdown comment positions and maps unused ESLint directive diagnostics and fixes from generated JavaScript back to the original comments. Tests cover LegacyESLint, FlatESLint, multiline comments, selective fixes, and type updates.

Changes

Unused directive reporting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Structured comment positions
src/types.ts, src/processor.js, tests/types/types.test.ts
Comments now contain text and source positions. Generated JavaScript comment handling uses the structured objects.
Diagnostic and fix remapping
src/processor.js
Unused-directive diagnostics and fixes map from generated JavaScript offsets to original Markdown comment ranges.
Behavior coverage and documentation
tests/plugin.test.js, tests/fixtures/eslint.config.js, docs/processors/markdown.md
Tests cover LegacyESLint and FlatESLint reporting and autofixes. Fixtures enable reporting. Documentation examples use eslint-skip directives.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to ac86d

Unused-directive autofixes may target Markdown quote or list prefixes instead of the directive in nested multiline comments. The risk is bounded and mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up for per-line offset mapping and regression coverage.

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  participant ESLint
  participant MarkdownProcessor
  participant MarkdownComment
  ESLint->>MarkdownProcessor: report unused directive in generated JavaScript
  MarkdownProcessor->>MarkdownComment: map diagnostic or fix to original Markdown range
  MarkdownProcessor-->>ESLint: return remapped result
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #115 by detecting unused ESLint directives in Markdown, remapping diagnostic locations and autofix offsets, and adding coverage for legacy and flat ESLint configurations.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The documentation, fixture configuration, source changes, type updates, and tests directly support unused-directive reporting and source-location remapping. No unrelated changes are evident.
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In `@src/processor.js`:
- Line 293: Update the continuation-line offset handling around offsetDelta in
the comment-processing flow to account for omitted blockquote and list prefixes,
using a per-line source-offset map so fixes target the unused directive rather
than prefix indentation. Add regression tests covering nested multiline comments
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} else {
// '4' is the length of '<!--' and '2' is the length of '/*'.
const offsetDelta = start.offset + 4 - (jsOffset + 2);

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- src/processor.js: relevant region ---'
sed -n '240,325p' src/processor.js
printf '%s\n' '--- related symbols ---'
rg -n -C 3 'adjustCommentMessage|offsetDelta|comment\.text|start\.offset|unused|directive' src test tests 2>/dev/null || true
printf '%s\n' '--- repository files for focused fixtures ---'
git ls-files | rg '(^|/)(test|tests|spec|fixtures)(/|$)|processor'

Repository: eslint/markdown

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- src/processor.js: comment creation and mapping ---'
sed -n '130,240p' src/processor.js
sed -n '340,385p' src/processor.js
sed -n '440,510p' src/processor.js
printf '%s\n' '--- multiline and partial-fix tests ---'
sed -n '576,735p' tests/plugin.test.js
printf '%s\n' '--- package versions and parser configuration ---'
rg -n -C 2 'mdast-util-from-markdown|micromark|remark|fromMarkdown|processor' package.json package-lock.json yarn.lock pnpm-lock.yaml 2>/dev/null || true

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- parser setup and HTML-node handling ---'
rg -n -C 5 'fromMarkdown|html\(|allowDangerousHtml|htmlComments|parse' src tests | head -260
printf '%s\n' '--- source-code type and parser imports ---'
sed -n '1,140p' src/language/markdown-source-code.js
printf '%s\n' '--- exact dependency resolution ---'
rg -n -A4 -B2 '"mdast-util-from-markdown"|"micromark"' package-lock.json npm-shrinkwrap.json yarn.lock pnpm-lock.yaml 2>/dev/null | head -120
printf '%s\n' '--- all existing nested/container comment fixtures ---'
rg -n -C 4 '^[[:space:]]*>|^[[:space:]]*[-+*][[:space:]]|eslint-disable|eslint-enable' tests/plugin.test.js | rg -n -C 2 '>|eslint-disable|eslint-enable' | head -260

Repository: eslint/markdown

Length of output: 30720


🌐 Web query:

mdast-util-from-markdown 2.0.2 HTML node value block quote list container prefix position

💡 Result:

The release of mdast-util-from-markdown version 2.0.2, published on October 25, 2024, was a maintenance release focused on internal refactoring [1][2][3]. Specifically, it updated internal type definitions and refactored the codebase to use modern @import syntax [1][4]. It did not introduce changes to how HTML nodes, block quotes, list containers, or positional information are handled [1][4]. In mdast-util-from-markdown, the handling of markdown structures—such as block quotes, lists, and HTML nodes—is fundamentally governed by the micromark tokens it consumes [5][6]. The library acts as a compiler that converts these micromark tokens into an mdast syntax tree [5][6]. If you are looking to inspect the value or positional information (position object containing start and end offsets and lines) of these nodes, you can access them directly on the resulting mdast node objects [5][6]. For HTML, the html node type includes a value property containing the raw HTML string [5][7]. For block quotes and lists, the structure is represented through the children array, where nested nodes reflect the contents of these containers [5][6]. Positional data is automatically generated and included by default on every node in the resulting tree, provided the input allows it [5][6]. If you are working with these nodes and need to ensure security or specific transformation, it is standard practice to use utilities like hast-util-sanitize after parsing [5][6].

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🌐 Web query:

site:github.com/syntax-tree/mdast-util-from-markdown blockquote html node value position \"<!--\"

💡 Result:

In the context of parsing Markdown into a syntax tree (specifically using mdast and unified/remark), HTML elements—including HTML comments like —are typically treated as distinct nodes in the syntax tree [1][2]. When a blockquote contains an HTML comment, the parser (such as micromark, which powers remark-parse and mdast-util-from-markdown) typically handles the HTML block as a "black box" [2]. Within the resulting mdast (Markdown Abstract Syntax Tree), this is often represented by a node with the type 'html' [1]. Regarding your query about the value and position of such nodes: 1. Value: The value property of an 'html' node contains the raw string of the HTML, including the comment markers [1][3]. 2. Position: The position property provides offset information (start and end) in the source document [4]. Note that in complex structures like blockquotes, the positional offsets often include the raw source characters, such as the blockquote markers (e.g., '> ') used for line continuation, even if those markers are stripped from the resulting node's value [5]. This means the position span in the source text is wider than the length of the string found in the node's value [5]. If you are encountering issues where comments or other HTML structures are not behaving as expected within a blockquote, it is often due to how the parser handles the transition from Markdown syntax to HTML blocks. Processing such structures in the 'hast' (HTML Abstract Syntax Tree) space after parsing is generally recommended for safer and more reliable manipulation [6][3].

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- exact fix-range and comment-position flow ---'
sed -n '1,130p' src/processor.js
sed -n '330,380p' src/processor.js
sed -n '400,445p' src/processor.js
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant test assertions after multiline case ---'
sed -n '705,750p' tests/plugin.test.js

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Map continuation-line offsets for nested multiline comments.

comment.text omits block quote or list prefixes, but comment.position uses source offsets. The constant offsetDelta can therefore map a partial fix to the > or list indentation instead of the unused directive. Build a per-line offset map and add regression tests.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@src/processor.js` at line 293, Update the continuation-line offset handling
around offsetDelta in the comment-processing flow to account for omitted
blockquote and list prefixes, using a per-line source-offset map so fixes target
the unused directive rather than prefix indentation. Add regression tests
covering nested multiline comments with blockquote and list prefixes.

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One last suggestion:

Regarding the AI review, the current autofix for nested blockquotes (>) and list items produces an incorrect fix in this case. Even after applying the autofix, the error location becomes incorrect.

It would be helpful to fix this bug and add regression tests to prevent it from recurring.

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🧩 Analysis chain

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- processor symbols ---'
ast-grep outline src/processor.js --items all --type function --match 'adjustCommentMessage|adjustBlock|getBlockRangeMap'

printf '%s\n' '--- mapping type definitions ---'
ast-grep outline src/types.ts --items all
rg -n -C 5 'CommentMapping|comments:|rangeMap|adjustCommentMessage|adjustBlock' src/processor.js src/types.ts

printf '%s\n' '--- unused-directive and autofix tests ---'
rg -n -C 12 'reportUnusedDisableDirectives|Unused eslint|eslint-disable-next-line|output|fix' tests/plugin.test.js

printf '%s\n' '--- nested Markdown container fixtures ---'
rg -n -C 8 '^[[:space:]]*>|^[[:space:]]*[-+*][[:space:]]|eslint-disable|eslint-enable' tests/plugin.test.js

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@lumirlumir, confirmed. The defect is valid.

adjustBlock currently assigns the same jsOffset to every generated line of one multiline comment. adjustCommentMessage then uses one offsetDelta for a partial fix. This fails when a continuation line has blockquote or list prefixes that are absent from comment.text.

The fix should map each generated comment line to its own Markdown source offset. adjustCommentMessage should use the offsets for the fix start and fix end instead of one comment-level delta.

Please add regression tests in both the LegacyESLint and FlatESLint unused-directive autofix suites. The tests should cover:

  • A multiline directive in nested blockquotes.
  • A multiline directive in a list item.
  • A partial rule removal.
  • The expected Markdown output after autofix.
  • The remaining code diagnostic location after ESLint applies the autofix.

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@lumirlumir once you approve this PR we can do a new release. 🎉

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