feat!: add `no-emphasis-as-headings` rule by lumirlumir · Pull Request #709 · eslint/markdown

lumirlumir · 2026-08-12T06:23:03Z

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This PR adds a new no-emphasis-as-headings rule, as mentioned in #683.

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Added the implementation, tests, and documentation.

There are some behavioral differences compared with the implementation in markdownlint. Some are bugs, while others are intentional. For example, nested emphasis and strong markers such as ***foo*** are not reported by markdownlint, but I think this was overlooked and should be reported. I’ve left comments in the tests where these behavioral differences occur.

Related Issues

Closes: #683

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New Features
- Added the recommended no-emphasis-as-headings rule, which flags single-line paragraphs made entirely of emphasized or bold text that could be mistaken for headings.
- Configure trailing punctuation that prevents a warning. The rule also avoids warnings in contexts such as lists, blockquotes, and multi-line paragraphs.
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- Added usage guidance, configuration details, examples of flagged and accepted text, and references for the new rule.

This rule will be implemented in eslint/markdown#709 instead.

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This pull request adds the no-emphasis-as-headings rule. It reports emphasized or strong text that fills a single-line paragraph, subject to punctuation and context exceptions. The pull request also adds tests and documentation, lists the rule as recommended, and ignores test.md.

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Layer / File(s)	Summary
Rule behavior and validation `src/rules/no-emphasis-as-headings.js`, `tests/rules/no-emphasis-as-headings.test.js`	Adds the rule and tests its reporting conditions, exceptions, punctuation options, and diagnostic positions.
Documentation and repository listing `docs/rules/no-emphasis-as-headings.md`, `README.md`, `.gitignore`	Documents rule behavior and options, adds the rule to the recommended rules table, and adds `test.md` to `.gitignore`.

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observed — docs (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
observed — README.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
observed — src (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
observed — tests (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

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observed — Modified behavior in README.md: Added a row to the Rules table for the no-emphasis-as-headings rule, linking to ./docs/rules/no-emphasis-as-headings.md, describing it as "Disallow using emphasis or strong as headings," and marking it recommended.
observed — Modified behavior in docs/rules/no-emphasis-as-headings.md: Adds the rule title and background describing how standalone emphasized/strong paragraphs are treated as paragraphs rather than headings, and recommends using Markdown headings for section introductions.
observed — Modified behavior in docs/rules/no-emphasis-as-headings.md: Documents the core rule behavior: warns when a single-line paragraph consists entirely of emphasized or strong content (including combined emphasis and strong, such as ***text***), and lists the four conditions under which no warning is raised (ending punctuation, multi-line paragraph, partial emphasis, or emphasis within blockquote/list/footnote/heading/GFM table cell).
observed — Modified behavior in docs/rules/no-emphasis-as-headings.md: Adds Markdown examples of incorrect code (standalone bold, italic, and combined emphasized paragraphs) and correct code (real headings, inline emphasis, blockquote/list emphasis).

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Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	The PR adds `test.md` to `.gitignore`. The merge-base diff confirms this is a new change. The rule, tests, documentation, and README entry support issue `#683`, but the ignore entry has no demonstrated …	Remove the `test.md` entry from `.gitignore`, or provide evidence that the entry is required to implement or test issue `#683`.

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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue `#683` requires a warning when bold or italic text is used as a section label instead of a Markdown heading. The PR adds `no-emphasis-as-headings`, automated tests, rule documentation, and the REA…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 2…

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In `@src/rules/no-emphasis-as-headings.js`:
- Around line 115-118: Update the emphasis/strong handler for inline content so
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lumirlumir · 2026-09-19T14:23:29Z

I’ve added test.md for local testing purposes.

This follows the same convention used in the CSS and ESLint repositories:

https://github.com/eslint/css/blob/main/.gitignore#L62

https://github.com/eslint/eslint/blob/main/.gitignore#L4

lumirlumir · 2026-09-19T14:25:26Z

+		languages: ["markdown/commonmark", "markdown/gfm"],
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+		docs: {
+			recommended: true,


Adding this rule to recommended would be a breaking change under our policy, but since the v9.0.0 release is still pending, I’ve marked it as recommended: true:

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DMartens · 2026-09-28T22:10:07Z

+		"***foo***\nbar\nbaz",
+		"___foo___\nbar\nbaz",
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+		"foo\n*bar*\nbaz",


Why is this case not reported?
bar is on its own line and has emphasis.

DMartens · 2026-09-28T22:10:16Z

+		"*foo*\uFEFF", // Zero width non-breaking space
+
+		// Indented code blocks are not checked by this rule.
+		"\t*foo*",


These two examples should be move to the other excluded syntax below.

DMartens · 2026-09-28T22:11:58Z

+		"    *foo*",
+
+		// Punctuation
+		"*foo.*",


I do not think we should report *foo* without a newline and content after the emphasized text.
Otherwise I would not think of it as a "heading".
Currently the rule behaves like markdownlint for this case.
But in my opinion a text ending with an emphasized summary should not be reported:

Some long paragraph... *Takeaway*

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chore(eslint-markdown): remove dummy rule no-bold-paragraph eslint-markdown/eslint-markdown#649

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