Style-Alias.md

Pattern: Wrong alias

Issue: -

Description

This rule enforces the use of either #alias or #alias_method depending on configuration. It also flags uses of alias :symbol rather than alias bareword.

Examples

# EnforcedStyle: prefer_alias

# good
alias bar foo

# bad
alias_method :bar, :foo
alias :bar :foo

# EnforcedStyle: prefer_alias_method

# good
alias_method :bar, :foo

# bad
alias bar foo

Default configuration

Attribute	Value
EnforcedStyle	prefer_alias
SupportedStyles	prefer_alias, prefer_alias_method

Further Reading

• RuboCop - Style/Alias
• https://github.com/bbatsov/ruby-style-guide#alias-method