feat(oxlint): implement --init cli option (#8453)

Implemented --init cli option to create oxlint configuration files with
default values.
close https://github.com/oxc-project/oxc/issues/7453

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Co-authored-by: autofix-ci[bot] <114827586+autofix-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

apps/oxlint/src/command/lint.rs

@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ pub struct BasicOptions {
     /// TypeScript `tsconfig.json` path for reading path alias and project references for import plugin
     #[bpaf(argument("./tsconfig.json"), hide_usage)]
     pub tsconfig: Option<PathBuf>,
+
+    /// Initialize oxlint configuration with default values
+    #[bpaf(switch, hide_usage)]
+    pub init: bool,
 }
 
 // This is formatted according to

apps/oxlint/src/lint.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::{
-    env,
+    env, fs,
     io::BufWriter,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     time::Instant,
@@ -118,15 +118,32 @@ impl Runner for LintRunner {
 
         enable_plugins.apply_overrides(&mut oxlintrc.plugins);
 
-        let oxlintrc_for_print =
-            if misc_options.print_config { Some(oxlintrc.clone()) } else { None };
+        let oxlintrc_for_print = if misc_options.print_config || basic_options.init {
+            Some(oxlintrc.clone())
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
         let config_builder =
             ConfigStoreBuilder::from_oxlintrc(false, oxlintrc).with_filters(filter);
 
         if let Some(basic_config_file) = oxlintrc_for_print {
-            return CliRunResult::PrintConfigResult {
-                config_file: config_builder.resolve_final_config_file(basic_config_file),
-            };
+            let config_file = config_builder.resolve_final_config_file(basic_config_file);
+            if misc_options.print_config {
+                return CliRunResult::PrintConfigResult { config_file };
+            } else if basic_options.init {
+                match fs::write(Self::DEFAULT_OXLINTRC, config_file) {
+                    Ok(()) => {
+                        return CliRunResult::ConfigFileInitResult {
+                            message: "Configuration file created".to_string(),
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(_) => {
+                        return CliRunResult::ConfigFileInitResult {
+                            message: "Failed to create configuration file".to_string(),
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         let mut options = LintServiceOptions::new(self.cwd, paths)
@@ -283,7 +300,7 @@ impl LintRunner {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use std::{env, path::MAIN_SEPARATOR_STR};
+    use std::{env, fs, path::MAIN_SEPARATOR_STR};
 
     use super::LintRunner;
     use crate::cli::{lint_command, CliRunResult, LintResult, Runner};
@@ -750,6 +767,18 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(config, expect_json.trim());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_init_config() {
+        let args = &["--init"];
+        let options = lint_command().run_inner(args).unwrap();
+        let ret = LintRunner::new(options).run();
+        let CliRunResult::ConfigFileInitResult { message } = ret else {
+            panic!("Expected configuration file to be created, got {ret:?}")
+        };
+        assert_eq!(message, "Configuration file created");
+        fs::remove_file(LintRunner::DEFAULT_OXLINTRC).unwrap();
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_overrides() {
         let result =

apps/oxlint/src/result.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub enum CliRunResult {
     PathNotFound { paths: Vec<PathBuf> },
     LintResult(LintResult),
     PrintConfigResult { config_file: String },
+    ConfigFileInitResult { message: String },
 }
 
 /// A summary of a complete linter run.
@@ -93,6 +94,10 @@ impl Termination for CliRunResult {
                 println!("{config_file}");
                 ExitCode::from(0)
             }
+            Self::ConfigFileInitResult { message } => {
+                println!("{message}");
+                ExitCode::from(0)
+            }
         }
     }
 }

tasks/website/src/linter/snapshots/cli.snap

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ snapshot_kind: text
   If not provided, Oxlint will look for `.oxlintrc.json` in the current working directory.
 - **`    --tsconfig`**=_`<./tsconfig.json>`_ &mdash; 
   TypeScript `tsconfig.json` path for reading path alias and project references for import plugin
+- **`    --init`** &mdash; 
+  Initialize oxlint configuration with default values
 
 
 

tasks/website/src/linter/snapshots/cli_terminal.snap

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Basic Configuration
                               * tries to be compatible with the ESLint v8's format
         --tsconfig=<./tsconfig.json>  TypeScript `tsconfig.json` path for reading path alias and
                               project references for import plugin
+        --init                Initialize oxlint configuration with default values
 
 Allowing / Denying Multiple Lints
    Accumulate rules and categories from left to right on the command-line.