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README.md
···11+# 🏰 Kivia
22+33+> Self-documenting Name Analyser for Go
44+55+Name things so your code explains itself.
66+77+Kivia is a fast, local-only analyser that flags identifiers whose terms are absent from dictionary sources or resemble abbreviations of dictionary words. It is built for teams that want explicit, readable naming conventions without external AI calls.
88+99+## Philosophy
1010+1111+Identifier names should be fully self-documenting.
1212+1313+Kivia enforces a strict readability standard:
1414+1515+- Prefer full words over shorthand
1616+- Avoid ambiguous abbreviations
1717+- Keep the naming intent clear from the identifier itself
1818+1919+Examples:
2020+2121+- `userNum` → invalid (`num` is an abbreviation)
2222+- `ctx` → invalid (`ctx` is an abbreviation)
2323+- `userCount` → valid
2424+- `requestContext` → valid
2525+2626+## Rules
2727+2828+1. **Dictionary words pass**: If a token is present in the loaded dictionary sources, it passes.
2929+2. **Abbreviations are violations**: If a token expands to a dictionary word (for example, `ctx` -> `context`), it is flagged.
3030+3. **Unknown terms are violations**: If a token is not in the dictionary and does not map to a known expansion, it is flagged.
3131+4. **Minimum length is explicit**: `--min-eval-length` determines whether short identifiers are evaluated.
3232+3333+Kivia also applies dictionary-backed spelling-variant matching for common British/American pairs (for example `normalise`/`normalize`, `colour`/`color`, `centre`/`center`).
3434+3535+## How It Works
3636+3737+Kivia parses Go source using the standard library's AST, extracts identifiers, tokenises names (camel, snake, or kebab), and evaluates each token against a local NLP dictionary pipeline.
3838+3939+- No network requests
4040+- No LLM/API dependency
4141+- Deterministic local analysis
4242+4343+## Installation
4444+4545+```bash
4646+go install github.com/Fuwn/kivia@latest
4747+```
4848+4949+Or build locally:
5050+5151+```bash
5252+go build -o ./bin/kivia .
5353+```
5454+5555+## Usage
5656+5757+```bash
5858+# Analyse a package tree
5959+kivia --path ./...
6060+6161+# Ignore single-letter names during evaluation
6262+kivia --path ./... --min-eval-length 2
6363+6464+# Ignore specific violations
6565+kivia --path ./... --ignore name=ctx --ignore file=testdata
6666+6767+# JSON output without context payload
6868+kivia --path ./... --format json --omit-context
6969+```
7070+7171+### Flags
7272+7373+| Flag | Description |
7474+|------|-------------|
7575+| `--path` | Path to analyse (`directory`, `file`, or `./...`). |
7676+| `--omit-context` | Hide usage context in output. |
7777+| `--min-eval-length` | Minimum identifier length in runes to evaluate (must be `>= 1`). |
7878+| `--format` | Output format: `text` or `json`. |
7979+| `--fail-on-violation` | Exit with code `1` when violations are found. |
8080+| `--ignore` | Ignore violations by matcher. Repeatable. Prefixes: `name=`, `kind=`, `file=`, `reason=`, `func=`. |
8181+8282+## Ignore Matchers
8383+8484+`--ignore` supports targeted filtering:
8585+8686+- `name=<substring>`
8787+- `kind=<substring>`
8888+- `file=<substring>`
8989+- `reason=<substring>`
9090+- `func=<substring>`
9191+9292+Without a prefix, the matcher is applied as a substring across all violation fields.
9393+9494+Example:
9595+9696+```bash
9797+kivia --path ./... \
9898+ --ignore name=ctx \
9999+ --ignore reason=abbreviation \
100100+ --ignore file=_test.go
101101+```
102102+103103+## Output
104104+105105+### Text (default)
106106+107107+```text
108108+internal/example/sample.go:12:9 parameter "ctx": Contains abbreviation: ctx.
109109+ context: type=context.Context, function=Handle
110110+```
111111+112112+### JSON
113113+114114+```json
115115+{
116116+ "violations": [
117117+ {
118118+ "identifier": {
119119+ "name": "ctx",
120120+ "kind": "parameter",
121121+ "file": "internal/example/sample.go",
122122+ "line": 12,
123123+ "column": 9,
124124+ "context": {
125125+ "enclosingFunction": "Handle",
126126+ "type": "context.Context"
127127+ }
128128+ },
129129+ "reason": "Contains abbreviation: ctx."
130130+ }
131131+ ]
132132+}
133133+```
134134+135135+## Identifier Scope (Go)
136136+137137+Kivia currently extracts and evaluates:
138138+139139+- Types
140140+- Functions and methods
141141+- Receivers
142142+- Parameters
143143+- Named results
144144+- Variables (`var`/`const` and `:=`)
145145+- Range keys and values
146146+- Struct fields
147147+- Interface methods
148148+149149+## Dictionary and NLP Source
150150+151151+Kivia loads dictionary data only from configured/system dictionary files.
152152+153153+1. `KIVIA_DICTIONARY_PATH` (optional): one path or multiple paths separated by your OS path separator (`:` on macOS/Linux, `;` on Windows). Commas are also accepted.
154154+2. If `KIVIA_DICTIONARY_PATH` is not set, Kivia uses a default set of dictionary files (for example, `/usr/share/dict/words`, `/usr/share/dict/web2`, and Hunspell dictionaries when present).
155155+3. If no usable words are found, the analysis fails with an error.
156156+157157+## License
158158+159159+Licensed under either of [Apache License, Version 2.0](LICENSE-APACHE) or
160160+[MIT license](LICENSE-MIT) at your option.
161161+162162+Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
163163+for inclusion in this crate by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall
164164+be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
···11+set shell := ["bash", "-eu", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
22+33+build:
44+ mkdir -p bin
55+ go build -o ./bin/kivia .
66+77+format:
88+ iku -w . || go fmt ./...
99+1010+test:
1111+ go test ./...
1212+1313+run *args:
1414+ go run . {{args}}
1515+1616+self:
1717+ go run . --path ./... --ignore file=testdata
1818+1919+install:
2020+ go install .