A pep8 equivalent for bash scripts
This program attempts to be an automated style checker for bash scripts to fill the same part of code review that pep8 does in most OpenStack projects. It started from humble beginnings in the DevStack project, and will continue to evolve over time.
Basic white space errors, for consistent indenting
A set of rules that help keep things consistent in control blocks. These are ignored on long lines that have a continuation, because unrolling that is kind of “interesting”
Rules to identify obsolete, deprecated or unsafe syntax that should not be used
See also bashate man page.