+" Author: Vincent Lequertier <https://github.com/SkySymbol>, Chris Weyl <cweyl@alumni.drew.edu>
+" Description: This file adds support for checking perl with perl critic
+
+call ale#Set('perl_perlcritic_executable', 'perlcritic')
+call ale#Set('perl_perlcritic_profile', '.perlcriticrc')
+call ale#Set('perl_perlcritic_options', '')
+call ale#Set('perl_perlcritic_showrules', 0)
+
+function! ale_linters#perl#perlcritic#GetProfile(buffer) abort
+ " first see if we've been overridden
+ let l:profile = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'perl_perlcritic_profile')
+
+ if l:profile is? ''
+ return ''
+ endif
+
+ " otherwise, iterate upwards to find it
+ return ale#path#FindNearestFile(a:buffer, l:profile)
+endfunction
+
+function! ale_linters#perl#perlcritic#GetCommand(buffer) abort
+ let l:critic_verbosity = '%l:%c %m\n'
+
+ if ale#Var(a:buffer, 'perl_perlcritic_showrules')
+ let l:critic_verbosity = '%l:%c %m [%p]\n'
+ endif
+
+ let l:profile = ale_linters#perl#perlcritic#GetProfile(a:buffer)
+ let l:options = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'perl_perlcritic_options')
+
+ return '%e'
+ \ . ' --verbose ' . ale#Escape(l:critic_verbosity)
+ \ . ' --nocolor'
+ \ . (!empty(l:profile) ? ' --profile ' . ale#Escape(l:profile) : '')
+ \ . ale#Pad(l:options)
+endfunction
+
+
+function! ale_linters#perl#perlcritic#Handle(buffer, lines) abort
+ let l:pattern = '\(\d\+\):\(\d\+\) \(.\+\)'
+ let l:output = []
+
+ for l:match in ale#util#GetMatches(a:lines, l:pattern)
+ call add(l:output, {
+ \ 'lnum': l:match[1],
+ \ 'col': l:match[2],
+ \ 'text': l:match[3],
+ \ 'type': 'W'
+ \})
+ endfor
+
+ return l:output
+endfunction
+
+call ale#linter#Define('perl', {
+\ 'name': 'perlcritic',
+\ 'output_stream': 'stdout',
+\ 'executable': {b -> ale#Var(b, 'perl_perlcritic_executable')},
+\ 'command': function('ale_linters#perl#perlcritic#GetCommand'),
+\ 'callback': 'ale_linters#perl#perlcritic#Handle',
+\})