Confusion over settings

[stylecop]

Confusion over settings

[citizenmatt]

Yes, the StyleCop ReSharper plugin doesn't require StyleCop to be installed, and as such, doesn't look in Program Files for the settings defaults. Instead, the defaults are shipped as part of the ReSharper extension. You would have to make your changes there, but I wouldn't advise it, as they will be overwritten by any new versions of the plugin. You're better off maintaining a copy at the root of your solution.

So this likely explains why you're seeing differences - if you've changed the global settings, the command line from the install will use different settings to the plugin (another good reason to keep your settings with the solution - both tools will be in sync).

I think looking at the severity level is a bit of a red herring. The command line is showing no warnings because you've edited the defaults, and disabled rules. The ReSharper plugin is showing warnings because you've deleted the per solution settings, and ReSharper doesn't look at the separate program install location (because it doesn't require the program to be installed). It would have worked before, because the plugin was picking up the settings files you've deleted.

The inspection severity levels are only used when the issues are reported, and don't control whether the inspections are disabled or not. So, you can disable the inspections in the style cop settings, but the inspection severity will still show "warning". But the analysis won't run the inspections.

I'm going to close the issue now, feel free to reopen if this doesn't make sense.