v5.3.0

⚠️ This release may require a change to tslint.json

• [enhancement] prefer-switch: Change default min-cases to 3. (#2669)

🎉 New rules, options, and fixers

• [new-cli-option] cli: Add outputAbsolutePaths option (#2667)
• [new-rule] prefer-object-spread (#2624)
• [new-rule] encoding (#2368)
• [new-rule] prefer-conditional-expression (#2363)
• [new-rule-option] indent support indent size (#2723)
• [new-rule-option] object-literal-sort-keys adds ignore-case (#2592)
• [new-rule-option] quotemark: Add avoid-template option (#2766)
• [new-rule-option] await-promise: What's considered a "Promise" is now configurable. (#2661)
• [new-fixer] indent (#2723)
• [new-fixer] typedef-whitespace (#2718)

🛠 Bugfixes & enhancements

• [bugfix] return-undefined: Treat a return type void | undefined same as void (#2731)
• [bugfix] no-unnecessary-initializer: Handle BindingElement anywhere, not just in a VariableDeclaration. (#2707)
• [bugfix] jsdoc-format: correctly handle alignment in files with BOM (#2619)
• [bugfix] jsdoc-format: don't treat empty comments (/**/) as jsdoc (#2619)
• [bugfix] typedef-whitespace don't warn for leading whitespace if token is preceded by line break (#2718)
• [bugfix] Make "completed-docs" rule respect "public" privacy (or lack thereof) (#2749)
• [bugfix] jsdoc-format: fixed error position if line ends with \r\n (#2619)
• [bugfix] prefer-switch: add missing checks for some expressions (#2686)
• [bugfix] prefer-template: Allow "a" + "b" + "c". (#2741)
• [bugfix] prefer-const: fix false positive with variable declared outside of for-of or for-in (#2760)
• [bugfix] --project: fix file matching with relative path to tsconfig.json (#2688)
• [bugfix] no-default-export: correctly handle export default abstract class {...} (#2630)
• [bugfix] no-mergeable-namespace: display correct line in error message (#2656)
• [bugfix] object-literal-sort-keys: handle object spread correctly (#2592)
• [bugfix] Consistently output absolute/relative paths (#2667)
• [bugfix] await-promise: Consider types derived from a Promise in union types too. (#2661)
• [bugfix] no-unsafe-any: Fix bug where number literal in type position was flagged as an unsafe any. (#2712)
• [api] Deprecate Lint.Utils.objectify (#2764)
• [enhancement] better error messages in variable-name (#2672)
• [enhancement] typedef: Use name or parameters for error location (#2460)
• [enhancement] object-literal-sort-keys: check shorthand properties (#2592)
• [enhancement] space-before-function-paren: Handle get/set accessor (#2700)
• [enhancement] typedef-whitespace added checks for arrow function, call and construct signature (#2718)
• [enhancement] no-object-literal-type-assertion: Allow cast to any (#2671)
• [enhancement] cli: -p option handles directories (#2756)
• [develop] testing rules with type information is enabled when a tsconfig.json is found next to tslint.json (#2769)
• [configuration] deprecate mixed case tslint.json (#2713)

Thanks to our contributors!

• Andy Hanson
• Klaus Meinhardt
• Martin Probst
• Filipe Silva
• walkerburgin
• René Scheibe