rejected-words.yml

---

avoid-blacklist-and-whitelist:

    description: "Use words like 'skip', 'select', 'allow' or 'deny' instead"

    level: error

    include: ['.']

    type: regex

    payload: (black|white)[-_]?list

    ignore-case: true

    # Based on codespell with idl and webidl added.

    extensions:

        - js

        - jsm

        - mjs

        - jxs

        - idl

        - webidl

        - xml

        - html

        - xhtml

        - cpp

- c

- h

        - configure

        - py

        - properties

        - rst

        - md

        - ftl

        - yml

        - java

        - kt

    exclude:

        - '**/.eslintrc-rollouts.js'

        - browser/app/profile/firefox.js

        - browser/app/winlauncher/LauncherProcessWin.cpp

        - browser/base/content/browser.js

        - browser/base/content/contentTheme.js

        - browser/base/content/test/performance/browser_preferences_usage.js

        - browser/base/content/test/protectionsUI/browser_protectionsUI_cryptominers.js

        - browser/base/content/test/protectionsUI/browser_protectionsUI_fingerprinters.js

        - browser/base/content/test/protectionsUI/browser_protectionsUI_pbmode_exceptions.js

        - browser/base/content/test/protectionsUI/browser_protectionsUI_socialtracking.js

        - browser/base/content/test/protectionsUI/browser_protectionsUI_state.js

        - browser/base/content/test/protectionsUI/browser_protectionsUI_subview_shim.js

        - browser/base/content/test/siteIdentity/browser_no_mcb_for_loopback.js

        - browser/components/enterprisepolicies/Policies.sys.mjs

        - browser/components/migration/ChromeMigrationUtils.sys.mjs

        - browser/components/migration/ChromeProfileMigrator.sys.mjs

        - browser/components/newtab/data/content/activity-stream.bundle.js

        - browser/components/preferences/privacy.inc.xhtml

        - browser/components/preferences/privacy.js

        - browser/components/resistfingerprinting/test/mochitest/test_bug1354633_media_error.html

        - browser/components/safebrowsing/content/test/browser_whitelisted.js

        - browser/components/sessionstore/test/browser_crashedTabs.js

        - browser/components/tabbrowser/test/browser/tabMediaIndicator/browser_mute_webAudio.js

        - browser/components/tabbrowser/test/browser/tabs/browser_new_file_whitelisted_http_tab.js

        - browser/components/tabbrowser/test/browser/tabs/browser_tab_drag_drop_perwindow.js

        - browser/components/uitour/UITourChild.sys.mjs

        - browser/components/urlbar/tests/browser/browser_searchSingleWordNotification.js

        - browser/components/urlbar/tests/browser/browser_UrlbarInput_trimURLs.js

        - browser/components/urlbar/tests/unit/test_providerHeuristicFallback.js

        - browser/components/urlbar/tests/unit/test_search_suggestions.js

        - browser/components/urlbar/tests/unit/test_tokenizer.js

        - browser/extensions/screenshots/background/main.js

        - browser/extensions/webcompat/shims/nielsen.js

        - browser/modules/SitePermissions.sys.mjs

        - browser/tools/mozscreenshots/mozscreenshots/extension/configurations/PermissionPrompts.sys.mjs

        - build/clang-plugin/CustomMatchers.h

        - build/clang-plugin/FopenUsageChecker.cpp

        - build/clang-plugin/NaNExprChecker.cpp

        - build/clang-plugin/NoPrincipalGetURI.cpp

        - build/clang-plugin/tests/TestNANTestingExpr.cpp

        - build/compare-mozconfig/compare-mozconfigs.py

        - build/moz.configure/bindgen.configure

        - build/moz.configure/toolchain.configure

        - config/check_vanilla_allocations.py

        - devtools/client/debugger/dist/parser-worker.js

        - devtools/client/debugger/test/mochitest/examples/big-sourcemap_files/bundle.js

        - devtools/client/debugger/test/mochitest/examples/ember/quickstart/dist/assets/vendor.js

        - devtools/client/debugger/test/mochitest/examples/react/build/main.js

        - devtools/client/debugger/test/mochitest/examples/react/build/service-worker.js

        - devtools/client/inspector/markup/test/lib_babel_6.21.0_min.js

        - devtools/client/inspector/markup/test/lib_react_dom_15.4.1.js

        - docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp

        - docshell/base/URIFixup.sys.mjs

        - docshell/test/unit/test_URIFixup_info.js

        - dom/base/Document.cpp

        - dom/base/MaybeCrossOriginObject.cpp

        - dom/base/nsContentUtils.h

        - dom/base/nsDataDocumentContentPolicy.cpp

        - dom/base/nsGlobalWindowOuter.cpp

        - dom/base/nsTreeSanitizer.cpp

        - dom/base/nsTreeSanitizer.h

        - dom/base/test/browser_multiple_popups.js

        - dom/base/test/browser_timeout_throttling_with_audio_playback.js

        - dom/base/test/chrome/test_permission_hasValidTransientUserActivation.xhtml

        - dom/bindings/Codegen.py

        - dom/bindings/parser/WebIDL.py

        - dom/bindings/RemoteObjectProxy.cpp

        - dom/events/EventStateManager.cpp

        - dom/events/KeyboardEvent.cpp

        - dom/html/MediaError.cpp

        - dom/indexedDB/ActorsParent.cpp

        - dom/ipc/ContentParent.cpp

        - dom/ipc/URLClassifierParent.cpp

        - dom/media/autoplay/AutoplayPolicy.cpp

        - dom/media/gmp/GMPChild.cpp

        - dom/media/MediaManager.cpp

        - dom/media/mp4/MP4Decoder.cpp

        - dom/media/platforms/apple/AppleVTDecoder.cpp

        - dom/media/platforms/wmf/DXVA2Manager.cpp

        - dom/media/platforms/wmf/WMFVideoMFTManager.cpp

        - dom/media/autoplay/test/mochitest/file_autoplay_policy_key_blacklist.html

        - dom/media/autoplay/test/mochitest/test_autoplay_policy_key_blacklist.html

        - dom/media/autoplay/test/mochitest/test_autoplay_policy_permission.html

        - dom/media/webm/WebMDecoder.cpp

        - dom/media/webrtc/transport/stun_socket_filter.cpp

        - dom/media/webrtc/transport/test/ice_unittest.cpp

        - dom/tests/mochitest/dom-level0/idn_child.html

        - dom/tests/mochitest/dom-level0/test_setting_document.domain_idn.html

        - dom/tests/mochitest/whatwg/test_postMessage_origin.xhtml

        - gfx/gl/GLContextProviderWGL.cpp

        - gfx/gl/GLUploadHelpers.cpp

        - gfx/tests/mochitest/test_font_whitelist.html

        - gfx/thebes/gfxFT2FontList.cpp

        - gfx/thebes/gfxPlatformFontList.cpp

        - gfx/thebes/gfxPlatformFontList.h

        - gfx/thebes/gfxUserFontSet.cpp

        - gfx/thebes/gfxWindowsPlatform.cpp

        - gfx/thebes/SharedFontList.cpp

        - intl/strres/nsStringBundle.cpp

        - ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp

        - js/src/debugger/DebugAPI.h

        - js/src/devtools/rootAnalysis/analyzeHeapWrites.js

        - js/src/jit/CodeGenerator.cpp

        - js/src/jit-test/tests/auto-regress/bug687399.js

        - js/src/jit-test/tests/basic/missingArgTest2.js

        - js/src/tests/non262/regress/regress-450369.js

        - js/xpconnect/src/Sandbox.cpp

        - js/xpconnect/src/XPCJSRuntime.cpp

        - js/xpconnect/src/xpcpublic.h

        - js/xpconnect/src/XPCWrappedNativeScope.cpp

        - js/xpconnect/tests/unit/head_watchdog.js

        - js/xpconnect/wrappers/FilteringWrapper.cpp

        - js/xpconnect/wrappers/XrayWrapper.cpp

        - layout/base/PositionedEventTargeting.cpp

        - layout/base/PresShell.cpp

        - layout/base/PresShell.h

        - layout/reftests/css-placeholder/css-restrictions.html

        - layout/style/test/test_computed_style_difference.html

        - layout/tools/reftest/mach_commands.py

        - layout/tools/reftest/mach_test_package_commands.py

        - layout/tools/reftest/reftestcommandline.py

        - layout/tools/reftest/runreftest.py

        - layout/tools/reftest/selftest/conftest.py

        - mobile/android/android-components/components/feature/webcompat/src/main/assets/extensions/webcompat/shims/nielsen.js

        - mobile/android/android-components/docs/changelog.md

        - mobile/android/app/geckoview-prefs.js

        - mobile/android/fenix/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ext/Bitmap.kt

        - mobile/android/fenix/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/perf/StrictModeManager.kt

        - mobile/android/fenix/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/translations/preferences/downloadlanguages/DownloadLanguagesFeature.kt

        - mobile/android/fenix/app/src/test/java/org/mozilla/fenix/translations/preferences/downloadlanguages/DownloadLanguagesFeatureTest.kt

        - mobile/android/focus-android/app/src/main/res/values-ar/strings.xml

        - mobile/android/focus-android/app/src/main/res/values-et/strings.xml

        - mobile/android/focus-android/app/src/main/res/values-lt/strings.xml

        - mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/gecko/util/HardwareCodecCapabilityUtils.java

        - mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/geckoview/ContentBlocking.java

        - mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/geckoview/CrashReporter.java

        - mobile/android/geckoview/src/main/java/org/mozilla/geckoview/WebAuthnTokenManager.java

        - modules/libpref/Preferences.cpp

        - modules/libpref/init/all.js

        - netwerk/base/nsIPermissionManager.idl

        - netwerk/base/nsIProtocolHandler.idl

        - netwerk/base/nsIOService.cpp

        - netwerk/base/nsURLHelper.cpp

        - netwerk/cookie/CookieCommons.h

        - netwerk/dns/nsHostRecord.cpp

        - netwerk/dns/nsIDNService.cpp

        - netwerk/dns/nsIIDNService.idl

        - netwerk/dns/TRR.cpp

        - netwerk/ipc/DocumentLoadListener.cpp

        - netwerk/protocol/http/HttpBaseChannel.cpp

        - netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpChannel.cpp

        - netwerk/protocol/http/nsHttpConnectionMgr.cpp

        - netwerk/protocol/viewsource/nsViewSourceChannel.cpp

        - netwerk/protocol/websocket/BaseWebSocketChannel.cpp

        - netwerk/socket/nsSOCKSSocketProvider.cpp

        - netwerk/test/unit/test_bug464591.js

        - netwerk/test/unit/test_cookie_blacklist.js

        - netwerk/test/unit/test_idn_blacklist.js

        - netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierCommon.cpp

        - netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureCryptominingAnnotation.cpp

        - netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureCryptominingProtection.cpp

        - netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureFingerprintingAnnotation.cpp

        - netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureFingerprintingProtection.cpp

        - netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureSocialTrackingAnnotation.cpp

        - netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureSocialTrackingProtection.cpp

        - netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureTrackingAnnotation.cpp

        - netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureTrackingProtection.cpp

        - python/mozbuild/mozbuild/backend/recursivemake.py

        - python/mozbuild/mozbuild/configure/options.py

        - python/mozbuild/mozbuild/vendor/vendor_rust.py

        - remote/cdp/Protocol.sys.mjs

        - security/manager/ssl/tests/unit/test_intermediate_preloads.js

        - security/sandbox/linux/broker/SandboxBroker.cpp

        - security/sandbox/linux/broker/SandboxBroker.h

        - security/sandbox/linux/broker/SandboxBrokerPolicyFactory.cpp

        - security/sandbox/linux/glue/SandboxPrefBridge.cpp

        - security/sandbox/linux/gtest/TestBroker.cpp

        - security/sandbox/linux/Sandbox.cpp

        - security/sandbox/linux/SandboxFilter.cpp

        - security/sandbox/linux/SandboxFilterUtil.h

        - security/sandbox/linux/Sandbox.h

        - taskcluster/kinds/docker-image/kind.yml

        - taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/actions/create_interactive.py

        - taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/transforms/test/other.py

        - taskcluster/gecko_taskgraph/try_option_syntax.py

        - testing/condprofile/condprof/client.py

        - testing/condprofile/condprof/tests/profile/prefs.js

        - testing/condprofile/condprof/tests/test_client.py

        - testing/firefox-ui/tests/functional/safebrowsing/test_initial_download.py

        - testing/marionette/client/marionette_driver/wait.py

        - testing/mochitest/browser-test.js

        - testing/mochitest/mach_test_package_commands.py

        - testing/mochitest/mochitest_options.py

        - testing/mochitest/runtests.py

        - testing/mozbase/mozprofile/mozprofile/profile.py

        - testing/mozharness/configs/unittests/linux_unittest.py

        - testing/mozharness/configs/unittests/mac_unittest.py

        - testing/mozharness/configs/unittests/win_unittest.py

        - testing/profiles/unittest-required/user.js

        - testing/raptor/browsertime/browsertime_scenario.js

        - testing/web-platform/tests/tools/manifest/tests/test_manifest.py

        - toolkit/actors/RemotePageChild.sys.mjs

        - toolkit/components/antitracking/docs/tracking-lists/index.md

        - toolkit/components/antitracking/test/browser/browser_socialtracking_save_image.js

        - toolkit/components/reputationservice/ApplicationReputation.cpp

        - toolkit/components/reputationservice/chromium/chrome/common/safe_browsing/csd.pb.h

        - toolkit/components/reputationservice/test/unit/head_download_manager.js

        - toolkit/components/reputationservice/test/unit/test_app_rep.js

        - toolkit/components/reputationservice/test/unit/test_app_rep_maclinux.js

        - toolkit/components/reputationservice/test/unit/test_app_rep_windows.js

        - toolkit/components/satchel/test/test_form_autocomplete.html

        - toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/data/environment.rst

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/nsUrlClassifierUtils.cpp

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/SafeBrowsing.sys.mjs

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/features.js

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/good.js

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_annotation_vs_TP.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_classified_annotations.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_classify_by_default.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_classify_ping.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_cryptomining_annotate.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_cryptomining.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_fingerprinting_annotate.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_fingerprinting.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_safebrowsing_bug1272239.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_socialtracking_annotate.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_socialtracking.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_trackingprotection_bug1580416.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/mochitest/test_trackingprotection_whitelist.html

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/unit/head_urlclassifier.js

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/unit/test_digest256.js

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/unit/test_platform_specific_threats.js

        - toolkit/components/url-classifier/tests/UrlClassifierTestUtils.sys.mjs

        - toolkit/content/aboutTelemetry.js

        - toolkit/content/tests/browser/browser_delay_autoplay_webAudio.js

        - toolkit/modules/PermissionsUtils.sys.mjs

        - toolkit/modules/tests/browser/browser_AsyncPrefs.js

        - toolkit/modules/tests/xpcshell/test_PermissionsUtils.js

        - toolkit/modules/third_party/jsesc/jsesc.mjs

        - toolkit/modules/Troubleshoot.sys.mjs

        - toolkit/mozapps/extensions/internal/XPIInstall.sys.mjs

        - toolkit/mozapps/extensions/test/browser/browser_html_discover_view.js

        - toolkit/mozapps/extensions/test/xpcshell/rs-blocklist/test_gfxBlocklist_prefs.js

        - toolkit/mozapps/extensions/test/xpcshell/test_permissions.js

        - toolkit/mozapps/extensions/test/xpcshell/test_permissions_prefs.js

        - toolkit/mozapps/extensions/test/xpinstall/browser_bug645699.js

        - toolkit/mozapps/extensions/test/xpinstall/browser_doorhanger_installs.js

        - toolkit/mozapps/extensions/test/xpinstall/browser_localfile3.js

        - toolkit/mozapps/extensions/test/xpinstall/browser_localfile4.js

        - toolkit/mozapps/extensions/test/xpinstall/browser_localfile4_postDownload.js

        - toolkit/mozapps/extensions/test/xpinstall/head.js

        - tools/fuzzing/messagemanager/MessageManagerFuzzer.cpp

        - tools/fuzzing/messagemanager/MessageManagerFuzzer.h

        - tools/lint/eslint/eslint-plugin-mozilla/lib/rules/no-define-cc-etc.js

        - tools/lint/rejected-words.yml

        - widget/android/GfxInfo.cpp

        - widget/GfxInfoBase.cpp

        - widget/gtk/IMContextWrapper.cpp

        - widget/gtk/nsAppShell.cpp

        - widget/windows/GfxInfo.cpp

        - widget/windows/WinUtils.cpp

        - widget/windows/WinUtils.h

        - xpcom/io/FilePreferences.cpp

        - xpcom/tests/gtest/TestFilePreferencesUnix.cpp

# ---

# Disable for now. Needs some dev to handle this

# avoid-master-and-slave:

#    description: "Use words like 'controller', 'worker' instead"

---

avoid-gobbledygook:

    description: "American English colloquialism. Use 'nonsense' instead."

    level: error

    include: ['.']

    type: regex

    payload: \b(gobbledy)?-?gook

    ignore-case: true

    exclude:

        - extensions/spellcheck/locales/en-US/hunspell/dictionary-sources/orig/en_US-custom.dic

        - extensions/spellcheck/locales/en-US/hunspell/dictionary-sources/utf8/en-US-utf8.dic

        - extensions/spellcheck/locales/en-US/hunspell/en-US.dic

        - tools/lint/rejected-words.yml

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