Document new clippy::version attribute and make it mandatory

clippy_dev/Cargo.toml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ opener = "0.5"
 regex = "1.5"
 shell-escape = "0.1"
 walkdir = "2.3"
+cargo_metadata = "0.12"
 
 [features]
 deny-warnings = []

clippy_dev/src/new_lint.rs

@@ -104,6 +104,18 @@ fn to_camel_case(name: &str) -> String {
         .collect()
 }
 
+fn get_stabilisation_version() -> String {
+    let mut command = cargo_metadata::MetadataCommand::new();
+    command.no_deps();
+    if let Ok(metadata) = command.exec() {
+        if let Some(pkg) = metadata.packages.iter().find(|pkg| pkg.name == "clippy") {
+            return format!("{}.{}.0", pkg.version.minor, pkg.version.patch);
+        }
+    }
+
+    String::from("<TODO set version(see doc/adding_lints.md)")
+}
+
 fn get_test_file_contents(lint_name: &str, header_commands: Option<&str>) -> String {
     let mut contents = format!(
         indoc! {"
@@ -150,6 +162,7 @@ fn get_lint_file_contents(lint: &LintData<'_>, enable_msrv: bool) -> String {
         },
     };
 
+    let version = get_stabilisation_version();
     let lint_name = lint.name;
     let pass_name = lint.pass;
     let category = lint.category;
@@ -185,7 +198,7 @@ fn get_lint_file_contents(lint: &LintData<'_>, enable_msrv: bool) -> String {
     });
 
     result.push_str(&format!(
-        indoc! {"
+        indoc! {r#"
             declare_clippy_lint! {{
                 /// ### What it does
                 ///
@@ -199,11 +212,13 @@ fn get_lint_file_contents(lint: &LintData<'_>, enable_msrv: bool) -> String {
                 /// ```rust
                 /// // example code which does not raise clippy warning
                 /// ```
+                #[clippy::version = "{version}"]
                 pub {name_upper},
                 {category},
-                \"default lint description\"
+                "default lint description"
             }}
-        "},
+        "#},
+        version = version,
         name_upper = name_upper,
         category = category,
     ));

clippy_dev/src/update_lints.rs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static DEC_CLIPPY_LINT_RE: SyncLazy<Regex> = SyncLazy::new(|| {
         r#"(?x)
     declare_clippy_lint!\s*[\{(]
     (?:\s+///.*)*
-    (?:\s*\#\[clippy::version\s*=\s*"[^"]*"\])?
+    (?:\s*\#\[clippy::version\s*=\s*"[^"]*"\])
     \s+pub\s+(?P<name>[A-Z_][A-Z_0-9]*)\s*,\s*
     (?P<cat>[a-z_]+)\s*,\s*
     "(?P<desc>(?:[^"\\]+|\\(?s).(?-s))*)"\s*[})]
@@ -496,20 +496,23 @@ fn test_parse_contents() {
     let result: Vec<Lint> = parse_contents(
         r#"
 declare_clippy_lint! {
+    #[clippy::version = "Hello Clippy!"]
     pub PTR_ARG,
     style,
     "really long \
      text"
 }
 
 declare_clippy_lint!{
+    #[clippy::version = "Test version"]
     pub DOC_MARKDOWN,
     pedantic,
     "single line"
 }
 
 /// some doc comment
 declare_deprecated_lint! {
+    #[clippy::version = "I'm a version"]
     pub SHOULD_ASSERT_EQ,
     "`assert!()` will be more flexible with RFC 2011"
 }

doc/adding_lints.md

@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// ```rust
     /// // example code
     /// ```
+    #[clippy::version = "1.29.0"]
     pub FOO_FUNCTIONS,
     pedantic,
     "function named `foo`, which is not a descriptive name"
@@ -198,6 +199,10 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
   section. This is the default documentation style and will be displayed
   [like this][example_lint_page]. To render and open this documentation locally
   in a browser, run `cargo dev serve`.
+* The `#[clippy::version]` attribute will be rendered as part of the lint documentation.
+  The value should be set to the current Rust version that the lint is developed in,
+  it can be retrieved by running `rustc -vV` in the rust-clippy directory. The version
+  is listed under *release*. (Use the version without the `-nightly`) suffix.
 * `FOO_FUNCTIONS` is the name of our lint. Be sure to follow the
   [lint naming guidelines][lint_naming] here when naming your lint.
   In short, the name should state the thing that is being checked for and
@@ -500,6 +505,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// // Good
     /// Insert a short example of improved code that doesn't trigger the lint
     /// ```
+    #[clippy::version = "1.29.0"]
     pub FOO_FUNCTIONS,
     pedantic,
     "function named `foo`, which is not a descriptive name"