A community Bash framework.
This report summarizes scanner evidence for Bash-it/bash-it, a Shell project with 15,276 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 25,191 lines of code across 354 source files, recording 123 pattern matches distributed across 9 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 8.2 (Moderate pattern signal); it is not an authorship estimate.
Use the findings to ask whether maintainers can explain intent, verify dependencies, simplify unnecessary scaffolding, and focus review effort. Risk Payload v1 adds ownership, supply-chain, over-engineering, and review-effort vectors when available. These are prompts for human verification, not probabilities, security findings, or measured maintenance costs.
Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.
Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 115 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 0 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 8 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 123 finding(s).
This chart tracks the legacy adjusted pattern score across scan runs. Changes can reflect source changes, scan coverage, or detector/scoring versions; they do not measure AI adoption or prove that a team refactored code. Compare runs only when their scoring versions are compatible. The dashed line tracks the raw pattern-hit count.
Groups findings by configured severity weight. Severity is not a confidence estimate, security rating, or proof that a package is missing. Verify imports against the project's manifests and inspect each finding in its local design context.
This horizontal bar chart shows where configured pattern scores accumulate across directories. Treat the bars as locations to inspect, not as evidence of authorship or code quality. Use the file-level findings to decide whether a directory needs a focused ownership, dependency, complexity, or review check.
The scanner identified 123 distinct pattern matches across 9 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.
Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | uninstall.sh | 52 | # Create a backup of the current config before restoring the old one | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | completion/available/docker-compose.completion.bash | 76 | # This function is needed for key-specific completions. | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | completion/available/aliases.completion.bash | 100 | # Create a wrapper without arguments. | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | completion/available/aliases.completion.bash | 106 | # Create a wrapper inserting the alias arguments | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | lib/helpers.bash | 746 | echo "# This file is auto generated by Bash-it. Do not edit manually!" > "$profile_path" | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 69 | alias a:mk:ad="php artisan make:addon" # Create a new addon. | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 71 | alias a:mk:cm="php artisan make:command" # Create a new Artisan command | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 72 | alias a:mk:ct="php artisan make:controller" # Create a new controller class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 73 | alias a:mk:ev="php artisan make:event" # Create a new event class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 74 | alias a:mk:fa="php artisan make:factory" # Create a new model factory | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 75 | alias a:mk:j="php artisan make:job" # Create a new job class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 76 | alias a:mk:li="php artisan make:listener" # Create a new event listener class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 77 | alias a:mk:ma="php artisan make:mail" # Create a new email class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 78 | alias a:mk:mw="php artisan make:middleware" # Create a new middleware class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 79 | alias a:mk:mg="php artisan make:migration" # Create a new migration file | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 80 | alias a:mk:md="php artisan make:model" # Create a new Eloquent model class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 81 | alias a:mk:no="php artisan make:notification" # Create a new notification class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 82 | alias a:mk:po="php artisan make:policy" # Create a new policy class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 83 | alias a:mk:pr="php artisan make:provider" # Create a new service provider class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 84 | alias a:mk:rq="php artisan make:request" # Create a new form request class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 85 | alias a:mk:rs="php artisan make:resource" # Create a new resource | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 86 | alias a:mk:rl="php artisan make:rule" # Create a new validation rule | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 87 | alias a:mk:sd="php artisan make:seeder" # Create a new seeder class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 89 | alias a:mk:ts="php artisan make:test" # Create a new test class | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 93 | alias a:mg:i="php artisan migrate:install" # Create the migration repository | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 105 | alias a:no:tb="php artisan notifications:table" # Create a migration for the notifications table | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 112 | alias a:qu:ft="php artisan queue:failed-table" # Create a migration for the failed queue jobs database table | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 118 | alias a:qu:tb="php artisan queue:table" # Create a migration for the queue jobs database table | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 122 | alias a:ro:ca="php artisan route:cache" # Create a route cache file for faster route registration | CODE |
| MEDIUM | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 42 | alias a:ca:t="php artisan cache:table" # Create a migration for the cache database table | CODE |
| MEDIUM | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 45 | alias a:co:ca="php artisan config:cache" # Create a cache file for faster configuration loading | CODE |
| MEDIUM | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 134 | alias a:se:tb="php artisan session:table" # Create a migration for the session database table | CODE |
| MEDIUM | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 137 | alias a:sg:l="php artisan storage:link" # Create a symbolic link from "public/storage" to "storage/app/public" | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | clean_files.txt | 1 | ####################################################################### | COMMENT |
| LOW | lint_clean_files.sh | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/available/gif.plugin.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | template/bashrc.template.bash | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | template/bashrc.template.bash | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | template/bashrc.template.bash | 61 | # Uncomment this to set. | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/git_flow_avh.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/git_flow_avh.completion.bash | 21 | # 0. Install git-completion. | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/git_flow_avh.completion.bash | 41 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/docker-compose.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/docker-compose.completion.bash | 21 | # Copyright (c) 2014 Docker, Inc | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/invoke.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/invoke.completion.bash | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | completion/available/invoke.completion.bash | 41 | # core options, task names, the current task's options, or some combo. | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/bundler.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/bundler.completion.bash | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | completion/available/gradle.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/hub.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/hub.completion.bash | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | completion/available/grunt.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/grunt.completion.bash | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | completion/available/knife.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/vagrant.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/gulp.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/gulp.completion.bash | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | completion/available/gulp.completion.bash | 41 | # Usage: | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/salt.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/fabric.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/fabric.completion.bash | 21 | # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/fabric.completion.bash | 101 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | completion/available/git_flow.completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/git_flow.completion.bash | 21 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | docs/conf.py | 1 | # Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder. | COMMENT |
| LOW | docs/conf.py | 41 | # This pattern also affects html_static_path and html_extra_path. | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/completion.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/helpers.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/command_duration.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/utilities.bash | 21 | # filename without path | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/search.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/search.bash | 21 | # Examples: | COMMENT |
| LOW | aliases/available/ag.aliases.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | custom/example.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/hawaii50/hawaii50.theme.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/hawaii50/hawaii50.theme.bash | 21 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/demula/demula.theme.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/demula/demula.theme.bash | 21 | ## ! mild red | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/cupcake/cupcake.theme.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/dulcie/dulcie.theme.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/metal/metal.theme.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/rana/rana.theme.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/rana/rana.theme.bash | 21 | #*color1: #CD0000 | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/nwinkler/nwinkler.theme.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | …inkler_random_colors/nwinkler_random_colors.theme.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | …inkler_random_colors/nwinkler_random_colors.theme.bash | 41 | "${bold_cyan?}" | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/font/font.theme.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/agnoster/agnoster.theme.bash | 1 | # shellcheck shell=bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/agnoster/agnoster.theme.bash | 21 | # > cd fonts | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/agnoster/agnoster.theme.bash | 41 | # source $THEME | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/agnoster/agnoster.theme.bash | 361 | PRIGHT="$PRIGHT$(ansi_r codes[@]) " | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | plugins/available/git.plugin.bash | 279 | # --------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | plugins/available/git.plugin.bash | 281 | # --------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | completion/available/git_flow_avh.completion.bash | 5 | # =================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | completion/available/git_flow_avh.completion.bash | 17 | # ------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | completion/available/git_flow_avh.completion.bash | 43 | # -------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | completion/available/git_flow.completion.bash | 4 | # =================== | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | completion/available/git_flow.completion.bash | 16 | # ------------ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | completion/available/git_flow.completion.bash | 42 | # -------------- | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | install.sh | 71 | # Check if already sourced (reuse helper from doctor) | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/available/gif.plugin.bash | 179 | # Set FPS to match the video if possible, otherwise fallback to default. | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/available/jekyll.plugin.bash | 179 | # Open the file in your favorite editor | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | template/bashrc.template.bash | 39 | # Set this to the command you use for todo.txt-cli | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | template/bashrc.template.bash | 42 | # Set this to the location of your work or project folders | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | template/bashrc.template.bash | 45 | # Set this to false to turn off version control status checking within the prompt for all themes | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/terraform.completion.bash | 8 | # Check if at least one of the binaries is available (OR logic) | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/aliases.completion.bash | 52 | # Check if aliasCommandFunction starts with our namespace. | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/fabric.completion.bash | 46 | # Set command to get time of last file modification as seconds since Epoch | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/helpers.bash | 452 | # Check if our marker appeared | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/helpers.bash | 584 | # Check if we can fast-forward | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/base.theme.bash | 433 | # Check if we're in a Node.js project by looking for package.json | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/rana/rana.theme.bash | 120 | # Check if the current directory is in a Git repository. | COMMENT |
| LOW | themes/inretio/inretio.theme.bash | 56 | # Check if Python 3 exists | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | plugins/available/dirs.plugin.bash | 61 | # Usage: | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/grunt.completion.bash | 41 | # Usage: | COMMENT |
| LOW | completion/available/gulp.completion.bash | 41 | # Usage: | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/search.bash | 8 | # Usage: | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM⚡ | template/bashrc.template.bash | 50 | # per default gitstatus uses 2 times as many threads as CPU cores, you can change this here if you must | COMMENT |
| LOW | lib/helpers.bash | 208 | # Don't forget to restore the original pwd (called from `_bash-it-update-`)! | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | themes/base.theme.bash | 212 | # TODO: consider adding minimal status information for hg and svn | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | themes/hawaii50/hawaii50.theme.bash | 109 | # If no virtual info, just return | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | aliases/available/pyrocms.aliases.bash | 19 | alias a:pr="php artisan preset" # Swap the front-end scaffolding for the application | CODE |