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feat: add `unnecessary_this_alias` rule

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
dart
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by checking how existing lint rules are listed and tested in this repository, then compare the project’s rule configuration with the Dart documentation for unnecessary_this_alias. Add the rule in the matching configuration and test locations; done means the rule is enabled consistently with the project’s existing conventions.

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Description

Description

Add the new unnecessary_this_alias rule, introduced in Dart 3.14 (next release). Ref: https://dart.dev/tools/linter-rules/unnecessary_this_alias

Dominant language
Dart
Stars
479
Forks
51
Avg merge
11h 57m
Merged PRs (30d)
8

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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