.rubocop.yml

AllCops:
  Exclude:
    - 'vendor/**/*'
    - 'spec/fixtures/**/*'
    - 'tmp/**/*'
    - 'bin/**/*'
    - 'node_modules/**/*'
    #auto generated line lengths
    - 'app/controllers/users_controller.rb'
    #long lines needed for strong params and controller functionality
    
     

  TargetRubyVersion: 2.4.1

Naming/PredicateName:
  # Method define macros for dynamically generated method.
  MethodDefinitionMacros:
    - define_method
    - define_singleton_method
    - def_node_matcher
    - def_node_search

Style/FormatStringToken:
  # Because we parse a lot of source codes from strings. Percent arrays
  # look like unannotated format string tokens to this cop.
  Exclude:
    - spec/**/*

Layout/EndOfLine:
  EnforcedStyle: lf

Layout/ClassStructure:
  Enabled: true
  Categories:
    module_inclusion:
      - include
      - prepend
      - extend
  ExpectedOrder:
      - module_inclusion
      - constants
      - public_class_methods
      - initializer
      - instance_methods
      - protected_methods
      - private_methods

# Trailing white space is meaningful in code examples
Layout/TrailingWhitespace:
  AllowInHeredoc: true

Lint/AmbiguousBlockAssociation:
  Exclude:
    - 'spec/**/*.rb'

Layout/AlignHash:
  EnforcedHashRocketStyle:
    - key
    - table
  EnforcedColonStyle:
    - key
    - table

Lint/InterpolationCheck:
  Exclude:
    - 'spec/**/*.rb'

Lint/UselessAccessModifier:
  MethodCreatingMethods:
    - 'def_matcher'
    - 'def_node_matcher'

Lint/BooleanSymbol:
  Enabled: false

Naming/MemoizedInstanceVariableName:
  Exclude: 
    - 'app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb'
    #@user is a descriptive variable for current_user
    
Metrics/BlockLength:
  Exclude:
    - 'Rakefile'
    - '**/*.rake'
    - 'spec/**/*.rb'
    - '**/*.gemspec'
    - 'db/schema.rb'

Metrics/ModuleLength:
  Exclude:
    - 'spec/**/*.rb'

Metrics/LineLength:
  Exclude:
    - 'spec/rails_helper.rb'
    #auto generated rails_helper lines are longer than 80
    - 'db/schema.rb'
    - 'lib/tasks/youtube_seed.rake' 
    #longer lines needed for data generation
    - 'app/controllers/admin/api/v1/tutorial_sequencer_controller.rb'
    #long namespaced class name
    - 'app/controllers/friendships_controller.rb'
    #longer than 80 chars needed for find_or_create_by
  IgnoredPatterns: ['#', 'allow_any_instance_of', 'VCR.use_cassette']
#helpful code comments ignored.  Rails.application blocks are longer than rubocop likes, but necessary. 

Style/ClassAndModuleChildren:
  Exclude:
    - 'app/controllers/**/*' 
#ignores errors wanting more wrappers around controllers, :: syntax is more concise

Style/GuardClause:
  Exclude:
    - 'app/controllers/tutorials_controller.rb' 
#ignores error about necessary conditional