The longevity of a product depends on a developer’s ability to keep up with maintenance requirements. This includes fixing bugs, optimizing existing functionality and adjusting code to prevent future issues.

The new check-in policy now applies to future check-ins.Developers take care of maintainability by continuously adapting software to meet new customer requirements and address problems faced by customers. In addition, if you want a rule violation to prevent a successful build, select the Treat Warning As An Error check box next to the rule description.Ĭlick OK. Maintainability Index: CA1505 AvoidUnmaintainableCode - Threshold: Warning at fewer than 20Ĭlass Coupling: CA1506 AvoidExcessiveClassCoupling - Threshold: Warning at more than 80 for a class and more than 30 for a method Select the check boxes for the following rules:ĭepth of Inheritance: CA1501 AvoidExcessiveInheritance - Threshold: Warning at more than 5 levels deepĬomplexity: CA1502 AvoidExcessiveComplexity - Threshold: Warning at more than 25 In the Code Analysis Policy Editor dialog box, under Rule Settings, expand the Maintainability Rules node. To enable code analysis maintainability rules The Code Analysis Policy Editor dialog box appears. In the Check-in Policy list, select the Code Analysis check box, and then click OK. The Add Check-in Policy dialog box appears. On the Check-in Policy tab, and click Add. In Team Explorer, right-click the project, click Project Settings, and then click Source Control. These check-in policies require developers to run Code Analysis based on these rule changes before initiating a check-in. All four of these rules are found under the 'Maintainability Rules' category in the Code Analysis policy editor.Īdministrators of version control for Team Foundation can add the Code Analysis Maintainability Rules to the check-in policy requirements. You can enable the Depth of Inheritance, Class Coupling, Maintainability Index, and Complexity rules to enforce maintainable code through a Code Analysis check-in policy. For more information about code metrics, see Code metrics values. However, you can enable Code Analysis rules that verify the compliance of your code with code metrics standards, and enforce the rules through check-in policies.

Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac Visual Studio Codeĭevelopers can use the Code Metrics tool to measure the complexity and maintainability of their code, but you cannot invoke Code Metrics as part of a check-in policy.

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