From 1d321e6f39eb0baef1d787eacbbb65700e82859e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: s-ol <s-ol@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:43:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add luacheck linter

---
 ale_linters/lua/luacheck.vim | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 ale_linters/lua/luacheck.vim

diff --git a/ale_linters/lua/luacheck.vim b/ale_linters/lua/luacheck.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11638ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ale_linters/lua/luacheck.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+" Author: Sol Bekic https://github.com/s-ol
+" Description: luacheck linter for lua files
+
+if exists('g:loaded_ale_linters_lua_luacheck')
+    finish
+endif
+
+let g:loaded_ale_linters_lua_luacheck = 1
+
+let g:ale_lua_luacheck_executable =
+\   get(g:, 'ale_lua_luacheck_executable', 'luacheck')
+
+function! ale_linters#lua#luacheck#Handle(buffer, lines)
+    " Matches patterns line the following:
+    "
+    " artal.lua:159:17: (W111) shadowing definition of loop variable 'i' on line 106
+    " artal.lua:182:7: (W213) unused loop variable 'i'
+    let l:pattern = '^.*:\(\d\+\):\(\d\+\): (\([WE]\)\d\+) \(.\+\)$'
+    let l:output = []
+
+    for l:line in a:lines
+        let l:match = matchlist(l:line, l:pattern)
+
+        if len(l:match) == 0
+            continue
+        endif
+
+        " vcol is Needed to indicate that the column is a character.
+        call add(l:output, {
+        \   'bufnr': a:buffer,
+        \   'lnum': l:match[1] + 0,
+        \   'vcol': 0,
+        \   'col': l:match[2] + 0,
+        \   'text': l:match[4],
+        \   'type': l:match[3],
+        \   'nr': -1,
+        \})
+    endfor
+
+    return l:output
+endfunction
+
+call ale#linter#Define('lua', {
+\   'name': 'luacheck',
+\   'executable': g:ale_lua_luacheck_executable,
+\   'command': g:ale_lua_luacheck_executable . ' --formatter plain --codes --filename %s -',
+\   'callback': 'ale_linters#lua#luacheck#Handle',
+\})

From c197928d6709aeeb9527a17aeb84f348e8387cd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: s-ol <s-ol@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:44:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add documentation for luacheck linter

---
 README.md   |  1 +
 doc/ale.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bfca0677..1e414095 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ name. That seems to be the fairest way to arrange this table.
 | HTML | [HTMLHint](http://htmlhint.com/), [tidy](http://www.html-tidy.org/) |
 | JavaScript | [eslint](http://eslint.org/), [jscs](http://jscs.info/), [jshint](http://jshint.com/) |
 | JSON | [jsonlint](http://zaa.ch/jsonlint/) |
+| Lua | [luacheck](https://github.com/mpeterv/luacheck) |
 | Perl | [perl -c](https://perl.org/), [perl-critic](https://metacpan.org/pod/Perl::Critic) |
 | PHP | [php -l](https://secure.php.net/), [phpcs](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer) |
 | Pug | [pug-lint](https://github.com/pugjs/pug-lint) |
diff --git a/doc/ale.txt b/doc/ale.txt
index 2f4349e5..92920ba4 100644
--- a/doc/ale.txt
+++ b/doc/ale.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ CONTENTS                                                         *ale-contents*
     4.8.  shell.................................|ale-linter-options-shell|
     4.9.  shellcheck............................|ale-linter-options-shellcheck|
     4.10. vint..................................|ale-linter-options-vint|
+    4.11. luacheck..............................|ale-linter-options-luacheck|
   5. API........................................|ale-api|
   6. Special Thanks.............................|ale-special-thanks|
   7. Contact....................................|ale-contact|
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ The following languages and tools are supported.
 * HTML: 'HTMLHint', 'tidy'
 * JavaScript: 'eslint', 'jscs', 'jshint'
 * JSON: 'jsonlint'
+* Lua: 'luacheck'
 * Perl: 'perl' (-c flag), 'perlcritic'
 * PHP: 'php' (-l flag), 'phpcs'
 * Pug: 'pug-lint'
@@ -501,6 +503,17 @@ g:ale_vim_vint_show_style_issues             *g:ale_vim_vint_show_style_issues*
   will be reported.
 
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+4.11. luacheck                                    *ale-linter-options-luacheck*
+
+g:ale_lua_luacheck_executable                   *g:ale_lua_luacheck_executable*
+
+  Type: |String|
+  Default: `'luacheck'`
+
+  This variable can be changed to change the path to luacheck.
+
+
 ===============================================================================
 5. API                                                                *ale-api*