directories in config relative to cwd, not to configuration file itself.

[leonelgalan]

Setup

Rails app, where helpers smell of UtilityFunction

.reek.yml

directories:
  "app/helpers":
    UtilityFunction:
      enabled: false

app/helpers/foo_helper.rb

module FooHelper
  def smelly_method(bar)
    bar.presence
  end
end

Happy Path

reek --show-configuration-path app/helpers/foo_helper.rb

Using '.reek.yml' as configuration file.
Inspecting 1 file(s):
.

Possible Bug

When linting through atom-linter, the current working directory (cwd) is set to the one the file being linted exists, in this case: app/helpers. Reek will still find the correct .reek.yml from it's ancestors, first in app and ultimately on the project's root. But, it won't match the directory "app/helpers", because it's looking for "app/helpers" relative to the cwd instead of relative to the configuration file.

cd app/helpers
reek --show-configuration-path foo_helper.rb

Using '../../.reek.yml' as configuration file.
Inspecting 1 file(s):
S

foo_helper.rb -- 1 warning:
  [5]:UtilityFunction: FooHelper#smelly_method doesn't depend on instance state (maybe move it to another class?) [https://github.com/troessner/reek/blob/v5.4.0/docs/Utility-Function.md]

I'm on reek 5.4.0

[Mozart2234]

Hi, you can try in.

.reek.yml

directories:
  "./app/helpers":
    UtilityFunction:
      enabled: false

This solution it worked for me.