[Fix #9144] Add aggressive and conservative enforced styles for Style/StringConcatenation cop

changelog/change_string_concatenation_enforced_styles.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* [#9144](https://github.com/rubocop/rubocop/issues/9144): Add `aggressive` and `conservative` modes of operation for `Style/StringConcatenation` cop. ([@tejasbubane][])

config/default.yml

@@ -4620,7 +4620,8 @@ Style/StringConcatenation:
   Enabled: true
   Safe: false
   VersionAdded: '0.89'
-  VersionChanged: '1.6'
+  VersionChanged: <<next>>
+  Mode: aggressive
 
 Style/StringHashKeys:
   Description: 'Prefer symbols instead of strings as hash keys.'

lib/rubocop/cop/style/string_concatenation.rb

@@ -15,18 +15,37 @@ module Style
       # lines, this cop does not register an offense; instead,
       # `Style/LineEndConcatenation` will pick up the offense if enabled.
       #
-      # @example
+      # Two modes are supported:
+      # 1. `aggressive` style checks and corrects all occurrences of `+` where
+      # either the left or right side of `+` is a string literal.
+      # 2. `conservative` style on the other hand, checks and corrects only if
+      # left side (receiver of `+` method call) is a string literal.
+      # This is useful when the receiver is some expression that returns string like `Pathname`
+      # instead of a string literal.
+      #
+      # @example Mode: aggressive (default)
       #   # bad
       #   email_with_name = user.name + ' <' + user.email + '>'
+      #   Pathname.new('/') + 'test'
       #
       #   # good
       #   email_with_name = "#{user.name} <#{user.email}>"
       #   email_with_name = format('%s <%s>', user.name, user.email)
+      #   "#{Pathname.new('/')}test"
       #
       #   # accepted, line-end concatenation
       #   name = 'First' +
       #     'Last'
       #
+      # @example Mode: conservative
+      #   # bad
+      #   'Hello' + user.name
+      #
+      #   # good
+      #   "Hello #{user.name}"
+      #   user.name + '!!'
+      #   Pathname.new('/') + 'test'
+      #
       class StringConcatenation < Base
         include Util
         include RangeHelp
@@ -52,10 +71,15 @@ def on_send(node)
           return if line_end_concatenation?(node)
 
           topmost_plus_node = find_topmost_plus_node(node)
+          parts = collect_parts(topmost_plus_node)
+          return unless parts[0..-2].any? { |receiver_node| offensive_for_mode?(receiver_node) }
 
-          parts = []
-          collect_parts(topmost_plus_node, parts)
+          register_offense(topmost_plus_node, parts)
+        end
+
+        private
 
+        def register_offense(topmost_plus_node, parts)
           add_offense(topmost_plus_node) do |corrector|
             correctable_parts = parts.none? { |part| uncorrectable?(part) }
             if correctable_parts && !corrected_ancestor?(topmost_plus_node)
@@ -67,7 +91,10 @@ def on_send(node)
           end
         end
 
-        private
+        def offensive_for_mode?(receiver_node)
+          mode = cop_config['Mode'].to_sym
+          mode == :aggressive || mode == :conservative && receiver_node.str_type?
+        end
 
         def line_end_concatenation?(node)
           # If the concatenation happens at the end of the line,
@@ -87,7 +114,7 @@ def find_topmost_plus_node(node)
           current
         end
 
-        def collect_parts(node, parts)
+        def collect_parts(node, parts = [])
           return unless node
 
           if plus_node?(node)

spec/rubocop/cop/style/string_concatenation_spec.rb

@@ -203,4 +203,36 @@
       RUBY
     end
   end
+
+  context 'Mode = conservative' do
+    let(:cop_config) { { 'Mode' => 'conservative' } }
+
+    context 'when first operand is not string literal' do
+      it 'does not register offense' do
+        expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+          user.name + "!!"
+          user.name + "<"
+        RUBY
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when first operand is string literal' do
+      it 'registers offense' do
+        expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+          "Hello " + user.name
+          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Prefer string interpolation to string concatenation.
+          "Hello " + user.name + "!!"
+          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Prefer string interpolation to string concatenation.
+          user.name + "<" + "user.email" + ">"
+          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Prefer string interpolation to string concatenation.
+        RUBY
+
+        expect_correction(<<~RUBY)
+          "Hello \#{user.name}"
+          "Hello \#{user.name}!!"
+          "\#{user.name}<user.email>"
+        RUBY
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end