repo-hardening

Development

Best practices for setting up quality tooling across different language stacks.

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Repo Hardening Skill

Best practices for setting up quality tooling across different language stacks.

Language Detection

Detect stack from project files:

File	Language	Package Manager
`package.json`	JavaScript/TypeScript	npm/yarn/pnpm/bun
`pyproject.toml`	Python	pip/poetry/uv
`requirements.txt`	Python	pip
`Cargo.toml`	Rust	cargo
`go.mod`	Go	go
`pom.xml`	Java	Maven
`build.gradle`	Java/Kotlin	Gradle
`build.gradle.kts`	Kotlin	Gradle
`Gemfile`	Ruby	Bundler
`composer.json`	PHP	Composer
`.csproj` / `.sln`	C#/.NET	dotnet
`Package.swift`	Swift	SwiftPM
`mix.exs`	Elixir	Mix
`CMakeLists.txt`	C/C++	CMake
`Makefile`	C/C++	Make
`build.sbt`	Scala	sbt

Language References

Per-language tooling configs (linting, formatting, type checking, hooks, coverage):

Language	Reference
JavaScript/TypeScript	skills/repo-hardening/references/javascript-typescript.md
Python	skills/repo-hardening/references/python.md
Rust	skills/repo-hardening/references/rust.md
Go	skills/repo-hardening/references/go.md
Java	skills/repo-hardening/references/java.md
Kotlin	skills/repo-hardening/references/kotlin.md
Ruby	skills/repo-hardening/references/ruby.md
PHP	skills/repo-hardening/references/php.md
C#/.NET	skills/repo-hardening/references/csharp-dotnet.md
Swift	skills/repo-hardening/references/swift.md
Elixir	skills/repo-hardening/references/elixir.md
C/C++	skills/repo-hardening/references/c-cpp.md
Scala	skills/repo-hardening/references/scala.md

.editorconfig

Universal editor settings:

root = true

[*]
indent_style = space
indent_size = 2
end_of_line = lf
charset = utf-8
trim_trailing_whitespace = true
insert_final_newline = true

[*.{py,rs}]
indent_size = 4

[*.go]
indent_style = tab
indent_size = 4

[*.md]
trim_trailing_whitespace = false

[Makefile]
indent_style = tab

.gitattributes

Normalize line endings:

* text=auto eol=lf
*.{cmd,[cC][mM][dD]} text eol=crlf
*.{bat,[bB][aA][tT]} text eol=crlf
*.pdf binary
*.png binary
*.jpg binary
*.gif binary

Setup Priority

.editorconfig - Universal, no dependencies
Linter - Catches bugs early
Formatter - Consistent style
Git hooks - Enforce on commit
Type checker - Optional but recommended
Test coverage - Enforce minimum threshold (default: 80%)

Common Mistakes

Conflicting rules - Ensure linter and formatter agree (use eslint-config-prettier)
Missing hook permissions - chmod +x .git/hooks/*
Hook not running - Ensure .git/hooks/pre-commit exists (not .git/hooks/pre-commit.sample)
Too strict initially - Start with warnings, graduate to errors