Ameba Integration
Integrate Ameba into your development workflow for automated Crystal code quality checks in CI/CD pipelines, pre-commit hooks, and code review processes.
Integration Overview
Ameba can be integrated at multiple points in your development workflow:
- Pre-commit hooks - Catch issues before they're committed
- CI/CD pipelines - Enforce quality gates in automated builds
- GitHub Actions - Automated PR reviews and status checks
- Editor integration - Real-time feedback while coding
- Code review - Automated comments on pull requests
- Pre-push hooks - Final check before pushing to remote
Command-Line Usage
Basic Commands
bash
# Run Ameba on entire project
ameba
# Run on specific files
ameba src/models/user.cr
# Run on specific directories
ameba src/services/
# Run with specific configuration
ameba --config .ameba.custom.yml
# Generate default configuration
ameba --gen-config
# Auto-fix correctable issues
ameba --fix
# Only check specific rules
ameba --only Style/RedundantReturn
# Exclude specific rules
ameba --except Style/LargeNumbers
# Format output
ameba --format json
ameba --format junit
ameba --format flycheck
# Explain issues at specific location
ameba --explain src/models/user.cr:10:5
# Run with all output
ameba --all
# Fail silently on no issues
ameba --silent
Output Formats
bash
# Default: Human-readable
ameba
# Output:
# src/user.cr:10:5: Style/RedundantReturn: Redundant return detected
# JSON format (for parsing)
ameba --format json
# Output: {"sources": [...], "summary": {...}}
# JUnit XML (for CI integration)
ameba --format junit > ameba-results.xml
# Flycheck format (for Emacs)
ameba --format flycheck
Advanced Usage
bash
# Check only changed files (git)
git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACM | grep '\.cr$' | xargs ameba
# Check only staged files
git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=ACM | grep '\.cr$' | xargs ameba
# Run with parallel processing (if available)
ameba --parallel
# Set exit code based on severity
ameba --fail-level error # Only fail on errors
ameba --fail-level warning # Fail on warnings and errors
ameba --fail-level convention # Fail on everything
# Generate formatted report
ameba --format json | jq '.summary'
Pre-Commit Hooks
Git Hook Setup
Create .git/hooks/pre-commit:
bash
#!/bin/sh
# .git/hooks/pre-commit - Run Ameba on staged Crystal files
echo "Running Ameba on staged files..."
# Get staged Crystal files
STAGED_FILES=$(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=ACM | grep '\.cr$')
if [ -z "$STAGED_FILES" ]; then
echo "No Crystal files staged, skipping Ameba"
exit 0
fi
# Run Ameba on staged files
echo "$STAGED_FILES" | xargs ameba
# Capture exit code
AMEBA_EXIT=$?
if [ $AMEBA_EXIT -ne 0 ]; then
echo "❌ Ameba found issues. Please fix them before committing."
echo "Run 'ameba --fix' to auto-correct some issues."
exit 1
fi
echo "✅ Ameba checks passed"
exit 0
Make it executable:
bash
chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit
Advanced Pre-Commit Hook
bash
#!/bin/sh
# Advanced pre-commit hook with auto-fix option
echo "Running Ameba on staged files..."
STAGED_FILES=$(git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=ACM | grep '\.cr$')
if [ -z "$STAGED_FILES" ]; then
exit 0
fi
# Run Ameba
echo "$STAGED_FILES" | xargs ameba
AMEBA_EXIT=$?
if [ $AMEBA_EXIT -ne 0 ]; then
echo ""
echo "❌ Ameba found issues."
echo ""
read -p "Would you like to auto-fix correctable issues? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
echo
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
echo "Running ameba --fix..."
echo "$STAGED_FILES" | xargs ameba --fix
# Re-add fixed files
echo "$STAGED_FILES" | xargs git add
echo "✅ Auto-fixed issues and re-staged files"
echo "⚠️ Please review the changes before committing again"
exit 1 # Exit to allow review
else
echo "Please fix issues manually before committing"
exit 1
fi
fi
echo "✅ Ameba checks passed"
exit 0
Pre-Commit Framework Integration
Using the pre-commit framework:
Create .pre-commit-config.yaml:
yaml
# .pre-commit-config.yaml
repos:
- repo: local
hooks:
- id: ameba
name: Ameba (Crystal Linter)
entry: ameba
language: system
files: \.cr$
pass_filenames: true
- repo: local
hooks:
- id: crystal-format
name: Crystal Format
entry: crystal tool format
language: system
files: \.cr$
pass_filenames: true
Install and use:
bash
# Install pre-commit
pip install pre-commit # or brew install pre-commit
# Install hooks
pre-commit install
# Run manually
pre-commit run --all-files
# Run on specific files
pre-commit run --files src/user.cr
Pre-Commit Configuration Options
yaml
# .pre-commit-config.yaml with options
repos:
- repo: local
hooks:
- id: ameba
name: Ameba
entry: ameba
language: system
files: \.cr$
pass_filenames: true
- id: ameba-strict
name: Ameba (Strict)
entry: ameba --fail-level convention
language: system
files: ^src/.*\.cr$ # Only src directory
pass_filenames: true
- id: ameba-autofix
name: Ameba Auto-fix
entry: ameba --fix
language: system
files: \.cr$
pass_filenames: true
GitHub Actions Integration
Basic GitHub Actions Workflow
Create .github/workflows/ameba.yml:
yaml
name: Ameba
user-invocable: false
on:
push:
branches: [ main, develop ]
pull_request:
branches: [ main, develop ]
jobs:
lint:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Install Crystal
uses: crystal-lang/install-crystal@v1
with:
crystal: latest
- name: Install dependencies
run: shards install
- name: Run Ameba
uses: crystal-ameba/github-action@v0.12.0
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
Advanced GitHub Actions Configuration
yaml
name: Code Quality
user-invocable: false
on:
push:
branches: [ main ]
pull_request:
types: [ opened, synchronize, reopened ]
jobs:
ameba:
name: Ameba Linting
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
fetch-depth: 0 # Full history for better analysis
- name: Install Crystal
uses: crystal-lang/install-crystal@v1
with:
crystal: 1.11.0 # Pin version for consistency
- name: Cache shards
uses: actions/cache@v3
with:
path: lib
key: ${{ runner.os }}-shards-${{ hashFiles('shard.lock') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-shards-
- name: Install dependencies
run: shards install
- name: Run Ameba
uses: crystal-ameba/github-action@v0.12.0
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Upload Ameba results
if: always()
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
with:
name: ameba-results
path: ameba-results.json
Matrix Testing Across Crystal Versions
yaml
name: Quality Across Versions
user-invocable: false
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
ameba:
strategy:
matrix:
crystal: [1.10.0, 1.11.0, latest]
os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Install Crystal ${{ matrix.crystal }}
uses: crystal-lang/install-crystal@v1
with:
crystal: ${{ matrix.crystal }}
- name: Install dependencies
run: shards install
- name: Run Ameba
run: |
crystal run bin/ameba.cr -- --format json > ameba-results.json
- name: Check results
run: |
if [ $(jq '.summary.issues_count' ameba-results.json) -gt 0 ]; then
echo "❌ Found issues"
jq '.summary' ameba-results.json
exit 1
fi
Pull Request Review Integration
yaml
name: PR Code Review
user-invocable: false
on:
pull_request:
types: [ opened, synchronize ]
jobs:
review:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: read
pull-requests: write
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
fetch-depth: 0
- name: Install Crystal
uses: crystal-lang/install-crystal@v1
- name: Install dependencies
run: shards install
- name: Get changed files
id: changed-files
uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v40
with:
files: |
**/*.cr
- name: Run Ameba on changed files
if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
run: |
echo "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}" | \
xargs ameba --format json > ameba-results.json
- name: Comment PR
if: steps.changed-files.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
uses: actions/github-script@v7
with:
script: |
const fs = require('fs');
const results = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('ameba-results.json', 'utf8'));
if (results.summary.issues_count > 0) {
const body = `## Ameba Report
Found ${results.summary.issues_count} issue(s):
${results.sources.flatMap(s =>
s.issues.map(i =>
\`- \${s.path}:\${i.location.line}:\${i.location.column} - \${i.rule.name}: \${i.message}\`
)
).join('\\n')}`;
await github.rest.issues.createComment({
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
issue_number: context.issue.number,
body: body
});
}
CI/CD Pipeline Integration
GitLab CI/CD
yaml
# .gitlab-ci.yml
stages:
- quality
- test
- build
ameba:
stage: quality
image: crystallang/crystal:latest
before_script:
- shards install
script:
- crystal run bin/ameba.cr -- --format junit > ameba-results.xml
artifacts:
reports:
junit: ameba-results.xml
paths:
- ameba-results.xml
when: always
expire_in: 1 week
rules:
- if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
- if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"'
ameba-strict:
extends: ameba
script:
- crystal run bin/ameba.cr -- --fail-level convention
only:
- main
CircleCI
yaml
# .circleci/config.yml
version: 2.1
orbs:
crystal: manastech/crystal@1.0
jobs:
ameba:
executor:
name: crystal/default
tag: "1.11"
steps:
- checkout
- restore_cache:
keys:
- shards-v1-{{ checksum "shard.lock" }}
- shards-v1-
- run:
name: Install dependencies
command: shards install
- save_cache:
key: shards-v1-{{ checksum "shard.lock" }}
paths:
- lib
- run:
name: Run Ameba
command: |
crystal run bin/ameba.cr -- --format junit > ameba-results.xml
- store_test_results:
path: ameba-results.xml
- store_artifacts:
path: ameba-results.xml
workflows:
version: 2
quality:
jobs:
- ameba
Jenkins Pipeline
groovy
// Jenkinsfile
pipeline {
agent {
docker {
image 'crystallang/crystal:latest'
}
}
stages {
stage('Setup') {
steps {
sh 'shards install'
}
}