Is there a StyleCop/FxCop autofixing tool? [closed]

Answer 1

Running Stylecop for the first time usually most of the errors thrown in my experience are the ones connected with code-formatting.

I used two tools to reorganize the code to match the Stylecop rules:

• NArrange
• Regionerate

The first one became my preference; it's command line tool, I added this to custom tools in Visual Studio. The second one is a plugin for Visual Studio, therefore it was quite convenient to work with single files.

As already mentioned, there are some tools that try to fix some Stylecop errors, but in my opinion they worked quite poorly, therefore I abandoned using them and can't recommend any.

I don't think there are tools for FxCop, and I'm not convinced there should be..

Answer 2

StyleCopAutoFix is a console application that will automatically fix StyleCop violations related to missing (or unnecessary) empty lines. It is free an open-source.

While the scope of the violations it fixes is fairly limited, it fix them in a safe way (it is unlikely it will break your code or change the behavior). These violations are also the most common ones.

If you use Visual Studio, I also recommend to run this script : https://gist.github.com/JayBazuzi/9e0de544cdfe0c7a4358. It automatically auto format all code of all files in a solution.

On projects I ran this application (and the VS script above) it fixes up to 60% of all violations.

Disclaimer : I am the author of this.

Answer 3

There is a (relatively) new Visual Studio extension on the block (StyleCopAid) - give it a try:

https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/505d2931-143f-4055-b7dd-a5d7c95bb085

Among other things - fixes ordering rules, suppresses some messages, and has an undo option.

Update from July 2018: "The tool supports Visual Studio 2010, 2012, and 2013 versions."