unicorn/consistent-assert

assert(value) and assert.ok(value) do the same thing. Every other check in node:assert is a method, such as assert.equal() or assert.throws(), so the bare call is the odd one out in a list of assertions.

The rule looks at the default import of assert, node:assert, assert/strict and node:assert/strict, and at the strict export of the first two.

--fix adds .ok.

Configure#

Off by default. To turn it on:

[lint.rules]
"unicorn/consistent-assert" = "error" # or "warn"

Examples#

Reported:

import assert from "node:assert";

assert(user.isActive);
assert.equal(user.name, "Ada");

import { strict as assert } from "node:assert";

assert(user.isActive);

Not reported:

import assert from "node:assert";

assert.ok(user.isActive);
assert.equal(user.name, "Ada");

An assert that comes from anywhere else is left alone, and so is one loaded with require():

import { assert } from "chai";
const nodeAssert = require("node:assert");

assert(user.isActive);
nodeAssert(user.isActive);