Elixir Static Code Analysis in Vim

Today I learned how to set up Credo, a static analysis tool for Elixir, to run on every Vim buffer write, using Neomake.

To start, I added Credo to my project:

# mix.exs
defp deps do
  {:credo, "~> 0.8", only: [:dev, :test], runtime: false}
end

Including it with:

$ mix deps.get

Next, I loaded and sourced the Neomake plugin with Pathogen:

" ~/.vimbundle
neomake/neomake

Next, I told Neomake to run on every file, enabling Credo for Elixir files:

" ~/.vimrc
let g:neomake_elixir_enabled_makers = ['credo']
autocmd! BufWritePost * Neomake

Now I have Credo style recommendations right in my text editor.