Disallow extra closing tags for components without children (`react/self-closing-comp`)

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Components without children can be self-closed to avoid unnecessary extra closing tag.

Rule Details

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

var HelloJohn = <Hello name="John"></Hello>;

var HelloJohnCompound = <Hello.Compound name="John"></Hello.Compound>;

Examples of correct code for this rule:

var contentContainer = <div className="content"></div>;

var intentionalSpace = <div>{' '}</div>;

var HelloJohn = <Hello name="John" />;

var HelloJohnCompound = <Hello.Compound name="John" />;

var Profile = <Hello name="John"><img src="picture.png" /></Hello>;

var ProfileCompound = <Hello.Compound name="John"><img src="picture.png" /></Hello.Compound>;

var HelloSpace = <Hello>{' '}</Hello>;

Rule Options

The rule can take one argument to select types of tags, which should be self-closed when this is possible. By default custom components tags and html tags should be self-closed.

...
"react/self-closing-comp": ["error", {
  "component": true,
  "html": true
}]
...

`component`

When true, custom components tags should be self-closed.

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

var HelloJohn = <Hello name="John"></Hello>;

Examples of correct code for this rule:

var contentContainer = <div className="content"></div>;

var intentionalSpace = <div>{' '}</div>;

var HelloJohn = <Hello name="John" />;

var HelloJohnCompound = <Hello.Compound name="John" />;

var Profile = <Hello name="John"><img src="picture.png" /></Hello>;

var ProfileCompound = <Hello.Compound name="John"><img src="picture.png" /></Hello.Compound>;

`html`

When true, html components tags should be self-closed.

Examples of incorrect code for this rule:

var contentContainer = <div className="content"></div>;

Examples of correct code for this rule:

var contentContainer = <div className="content" />;

var contentContainer = <div className="content"><div /></div>;

var intentionalSpace = <div>{' '}</div>;

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