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node/exports-style Style

🚧 An auto-fix is planned for this rule, but not implemented at this time.

What it does

Enforce either module.exports or exports.

Why is this bad?

module.exports and exports are the same instance by default. But those come to be different if one of them is modified.

module.exports = {
  foo: 1,
};

exports.bar = 2;

In this case, exports.bar will be lost since only the instance of module.exports will be exported.

Examples

Examples of incorrect code for the "module.exports" option:

exports.foo = 1;
exports.bar = 2;

Examples of correct code for the "module.exports" option:

module.exports = {
  foo: 1,
  bar: 2,
};
module.exports.baz = 3;

Examples of incorrect code for the "exports" option:

module.exports = {
  foo: 1,
  bar: 2,
};
module.exports.baz = 3;

Examples of correct code for the "exports" option:

exports.foo = 1;
exports.bar = 2;

Configuration

The 1st option

type: "module.exports" | "exports"

"module.exports"

Requires module.exports and disallows exports

"exports"

Requires exports and disallows module.exports

The 2nd option

This option is an object with the following properties:

allowBatchAssign

type: boolean

default: false

If this option is set to true, module.exports = exports = obj are allowed.

How to use

To enable this rule using the config file or in the CLI, you can use:

Config (.oxlintrc.json)

{
  "plugins": ["node"],
  "rules": {
    "node/exports-style": "error"
  }
}

Config (oxlint.config.ts)

import { defineConfig } from "oxlint";

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: ["node"],
  rules: {
    "node/exports-style": "error",
  },
});

CLI

oxlint --deny node/exports-style --node-plugin

Version

This rule was added in v1.76.0.

References

• Rule Source
• Upstream rule docs
• Open rule in Oxc Playground