Merge pull request #12853 from Earlopain/global-offense-cache

[Fix #12852] Correctly deserialize a global offense

changelog/fix_error_for_lint_empty_file_with_cache.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* [#12852](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/issues/12852): Fix an error for `Lint/EmptyFile` in formatters when using cache. ([@earlopain][])

lib/rubocop/cached_data.rb

@@ -48,11 +48,19 @@ def deserialize_offenses(offenses)
       source_buffer = Parser::Source::Buffer.new(@filename)
       source_buffer.source = File.read(@filename, encoding: Encoding::UTF_8)
       offenses.map! do |o|
-        location = Parser::Source::Range.new(source_buffer,
-                                             o['location']['begin_pos'],
-                                             o['location']['end_pos'])
+        location = location_from_source_buffer(o, source_buffer)
         Cop::Offense.new(o['severity'], location, o['message'], o['cop_name'], o['status'].to_sym)
       end
     end
+
+    def location_from_source_buffer(offense, source_buffer)
+      begin_pos = offense['location']['begin_pos']
+      end_pos = offense['location']['end_pos']
+      if begin_pos.zero? && end_pos.zero?
+        Cop::Offense::NO_LOCATION
+      else
+        Parser::Source::Range.new(source_buffer, begin_pos, end_pos)
+      end
+    end
   end
 end

spec/rubocop/result_cache_spec.rb

@@ -113,6 +113,19 @@ def abs(path)
           expect(cache.load[0].status).to eq(:new_status)
         end
       end
+
+      context 'a global offense' do
+        let(:no_location) { RuboCop::Cop::Offense::NO_LOCATION }
+        let(:global_offense) do
+          RuboCop::Cop::Offense.new(:warning, no_location, 'empty file', 'Lint/EmptyFile',
+                                    :unsupported)
+        end
+
+        it 'serializes the range correctly' do
+          cache.save([global_offense])
+          expect(cache.load[0].location).to eq(no_location)
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     context 'when no option is given' do