no_submodules

Flag the presence of .gitmodules at the repo root — always, regardless of paths. For general “file X must not exist” checks, use file_absent.

Note the fix only deletes .gitmodules; git submodule deinit and cleaning .git/modules/ are still on the user.

Options

This rule takes no kind-specific options.

Plus the common level, id, and when fields. This rule analyses the whole repository, so it takes no paths. This table is generated from the JSON Schema; option types and defaults are authoritative.

Example

A repo that declares a git submodule

The rule fires on this repository:

.gitmodules
README.md
vendor/
vendor/lib/
vendor/lib/.keep

.gitmodules

[submodule "vendor/lib"]
  path = vendor/lib
  url = https://example.com/lib.git

README.md

# demo

With this .alint.yml:

version: 1
rules:
  - id: no-submods
    kind: no_submodules
    level: error

alint check reports:

--- .gitmodules ----------------------------------------------------------------
  x  error    no-submods
              `.gitmodules` present - git submodules are forbidden

Summary (1 violation):
  x 1 error
  0 passing * 1 failing

A repo with no submodules declared

This repository is compliant:

.gitignore
README.md
src/
src/main.rs

.gitignore

/target

README.md

# demo

src/main.rs

fn main() {}

With this .alint.yml:

version: 1
rules:
  - id: no-submods
    kind: no_submodules
    level: error

alint check reports:

v All 1 rule(s) passed.