Just saw question about "running detekt on a single file" on my notifications. I came here to answer...

# detekt

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Just saw question about "running detekt on a single file" on my notifications. I came here to answer, but the message is gone 😅
Anyway, you can use the --input arg. More on this here https://detekt.dev/docs/gettingstarted/git-pre-commit-hook

[Bruno Pérez Motter]

does this also work for the gradle plugin?
Any plans on adding it?

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Yes it works for the Gradle Plugin as well. Though you have to create your own task probably

[Bruno Pérez Motter]

Thanks for the response!
May i ask how can i run the gradle detekt plugin with certain input files?
I’ve tried
./gradlew detekt --input my_file.kt but i get

Unknown command-line option ‘--input’.

[Bruno Pérez Motter]

Though you have to create your own task probably

is there an example??

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It's documented here https://detekt.dev/docs/gettingstarted/gradletask

[Bruno Pérez Motter]

thank you!! 🙌

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You can't just ./gradlew detekt --input my_file.kt though. You'll have to use a property or so.

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If you run detekt on a single file, use the CLI