Split up .rubocop_todo.yml into .rubocop_todo/**/*.yml
## Problem
[RuboCop's TODOs](https://docs.rubocop.org/rubocop/configuration.html#automatically-generated-configuration) `.rubocop_todo.yml` is huge and contains (almost) all offenses which need to be fixed.
In https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/72791 we've started splitting TODOs into `.rubocop_todo/**/*.yml`. One file per cop :cop:. This allowed us to get rid of `.rubocop_manual_todo.yml`. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/294273+
In https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/354328 we've added the ability to `rake rubocop:todo:generate` creating TODOs in `.rubocop_todo/`.
## Proposed solution
Split `.rubocop_todo.yml` into `.rubocop_todo/**/*.yml` with one file cop :cop:.
1. Pick a :cop: offense from the [list](#the-list) below. For example, `Gitlab/PolicyRuleBoolean`.
1. Create a well-named branch `354328-rubocop-todo-move-<Cop/Name>`.
* For example, `354328-rubocop-todo-move-Gitlab/PolicyRuleBoolean`
* Hint: Prefixing a branch name with an issue ID (`354328`) will add required labels and references to this issue in the new merge request.
1. Generate a TODO file for this cop via `rake 'rubocop:todo:generate[<Cop/Name>]'` **first**.
* For example, `rake 'rubocop:todo:generate[Gitlab/PolicyRuleBolean]'`
1. Delete the rule from `.rubocop_todo.yml` **afterwards**.
* It's important to remove the rule only after running `rake` command above so disabled rules are kept disabled.
* In MR it can be discussed to re-enable them again.
1. Commit changes for both `.rubocop_todo.yml` and `.rubocop_todo/<cop>/<name>.yml` files.
* Hint: You can use `Move <Cop/Name> into separate TODO file` as git commit message
* Hint: ~"Community contribution"s can use [git trailer](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/development/changelog.html#overview) `Changelog: other` so they are [attributed](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/development/changelog.html#what-warrants-a-changelog-entry) in `CHANGELOG.md`
1. Create a merge request
1. Mention this merge request next to the cop offense in the [list](#the-list) below.
1. :tada:
## List
- [x] `Capybara/VisibilityMatcher` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/82099
- [x] `Gitlab/PolicyRuleBoolean` - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/87568
- [x] `Layout/ArgumentAlignment` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/82600
- [x] `Layout/FirstArrayElementIndentation` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/82601
- [x] `Layout/FirstHashElementIndentation` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/82605
- [x] `Layout/HashAlignment` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/82606
- [x] `Layout/LineLength` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83176
- [x] `Layout/MultilineOperationIndentation` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/84570
- [x] `Layout/SpaceAroundMethodCallOperator` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/84574
- [x] `Layout/SpaceInLambdaLiteral` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/84575
- [x] `Layout/SpaceInsideBlockBraces` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/84577
- [x] `Layout/SpaceInsideParens` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/84580
- [x] `Lint/BinaryOperatorWithIdenticalOperands` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/84458
- [x] `Lint/ConstantDefinitionInBlock` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/84582
- [x] `Lint/EmptyFile` - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86133
- [x] `Lint/MissingCopEnableDirective` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/84585
- [x] `Lint/MixedRegexpCaptureTypes` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83738
- [x] `Lint/RedundantCopDisableDirective` - :warning: Disabled
- [x] ~~`Lint/SelfAssignment`~~ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83581+
- [x] `Lint/StructNewOverride` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83586+
- [x] `Lint/UselessMethodDefinition` - :warning: Disabled - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86161
- [x] `Metrics/AbcSize` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83177
- [x] `Metrics/CyclomaticComplexity` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83178
- [x] `Metrics/PerceivedComplexity` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83179
- [x] `Naming/HeredocDelimiterCase` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83590
- [x] `Naming/HeredocDelimiterNaming` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/85404
- [x] `Naming/RescuedExceptionsVariableName` - :warning: Disabled !86918
- [x] `Performance/AncestorsInclude` - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86347
- [x] `Performance/BlockGivenWithExplicitBlock` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/85406
- [x] `Performance/CollectionLiteralInLoop` - :warning: Disabled !86919
- [x] `Performance/ConstantRegexp` - :warning: Disabled !86920
- [x] ~~`Performance/DeletePrefix`~~ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/81344+
- [x] `Performance/MethodObjectAsBlock` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/85407
- [x] `Performance/StringInclude` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83943
- [x] `RSpec/ContextWording` - :warning: Disabled !86921
- [x] `RSpec/EmptyExampleGroup` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83942
- [x] `RSpec/ExpectChange` - :warning: Disabled !86922
- [x] `RSpec/ExpectInHook` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/85411
- [x] `RSpec/PredicateMatcher` - :warning: Disabled !86923
- [x] `RSpec/RepeatedExampleGroupBody` - :warning: Disabled !86924
- [x] `RSpec/RepeatedExampleGroupDescription` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/85490
- [x] `RSpec/ReturnFromStub` - :warning: Disabled !86926
- [x] `RSpec/ScatteredLet` - :warning: Disabled !86927
- [x] ~~`RSpec/VariableDefinition`~~ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83956+
- [x] ~~`RSpec/VariableName`~~ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/84354+
- [x] `Rails/ActiveRecordCallbacksOrder` - :warning: Disabled !86929
- [x] `Rails/ApplicationController` ~~ !87477
- [x] ~~`Rails/BelongsTo`~~ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/81382+
- [x] `Rails/ContentTag` - :warning: Disabled !86930
- [x] `Rails/CreateTableWithTimestamps` - :warning: Disabled !86931
- [x] `Rails/FilePath` - :warning: Disabled !86932
- [x] ~~`Rails/FindById`~~
- [x] `Rails/HasManyOrHasOneDependent` - :warning: Disabled !86933
- [x] `Rails/HelperInstanceVariable` - :warning: Disabled !86934
- [x] `Rails/IndexWith` - :warning: Disabled !86936
- [x] `Rails/Inquiry` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83945
- [x] `Rails/InverseOf` - :warning: Disabled !86938
- [x] `Rails/LexicallyScopedActionFilter` - :warning: Disabled !86939
- [x] `Rails/MailerName` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83950
- [x] `Rails/NegateInclude` - :warning: Disabled !86940
- [x] `Rails/Pick` - :warning: Disabled !86942
- [x] `Rails/Pluck` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86011
- [x] `Rails/RakeEnvironment` - :warning: Disabled !86943
- [x] `Rails/RedundantForeignKey` - :warning: Disabled !86945
- [x] `Rails/RenderInline` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83939
- [x] `Rails/SkipsModelValidations` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86008
- [x] `Rails/SquishedSQLHeredocs` - :warning: Disabled !86947
- [x] `Rails/WhereExists` - :warning: Disabled !86949
- [x] `Style/AccessorGrouping` - :warning: Disabled !86953
- [x] `Style/ArrayCoercion` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83838
- [x] `Style/BarePercentLiterals` - :warning: Disabled !86954
- [x] ~~`Style/BisectedAttrAccessor`~~ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83834+
- [x] `Style/CaseLikeIf` - :warning: Disabled !86955
- [x] `Style/CombinableLoops` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83825
- [x] ~~`Style/EachWithObject`~~ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83823+
- [x] `Style/EmptyElse` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86005
- [x] `Style/EmptyMethod` - :warning: Disabled !86957
- [x] `Style/ExpandPathArguments` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83728
- [x] `Style/ExplicitBlockArgument` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86443
- [x] `Style/FormatString` - :warning: Disabled !86959
- [x] `Style/GuardClause` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86004
- [x] `Style/HashAsLastArrayItem` - :warning: Disabled !86961
- [x] `Style/HashEachMethods` - :warning: Disabled !86963
- [x] `Style/IfInsideElse` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86441
- [x] `Style/IfUnlessModifier` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86002
- [x] `Style/KeywordParametersOrder` - :warning: Disabled !86964
- [x] `Style/Lambda` - :warning: Disabled !86965
- [x] `Style/MissingRespondToMissing` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86001
- [x] ~~`Style/MixinUsage`~~ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83594+
- [x] `Style/Next` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86438
- [x] `Style/NumericLiteralPrefix` - :warning: Disabled !86966
- [x] `Style/PercentLiteralDelimiters` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/85996
- [x] ~~`Style/RedundantFetchBlock`~~ https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/82093+
- [x] `Style/RedundantInterpolation` - :warning: Disabled !86967
- [x] `Style/RedundantRegexpEscape` - :warning: Disabled !86968
- [x] `Style/RedundantSelf` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/85993
- [x] `Style/RescueModifier` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86436
- [x] `Style/SingleArgumentDig` - :warning: Disabled !86969
- [x] `Style/SoleNestedConditional` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86000
- [x] `Style/SpecialGlobalVars` https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83725
- [x] `Style/StringConcatenation` - :warning: Disabled !86971
- [x] `Style/StringLiteralsInInterpolation` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/86433
- [x] `Style/SymbolProc` - :warning: Disabled https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/85998
## :warning: Disabled cop rules
Some cop rules have been disabled (via `Enabled: false`) in `.rubocop_todo.yml` because [they exceeded the amount of allowed offenses (15)](https://docs.rubocop.org/rubocop/configuration.html#automatically-generated-configuration).
When moving cop rule exclusions from `.rubocop_todo.yml` into `.rubocop_todo/**/*.yml` they remain disabled.
Non-controversial rules (e.g. amount of offenses is not too high) can be enabled immediately.
Rules with a huge amount of offenses, for example, [`Layout/ArgumentAlignment`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/c999069b13b58d1968575a4f9c7ccc7f0cbd9eee/.rubocop_todo.yml#L23-28) or [`Layout/HashAlignment`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/c999069b13b58d1968575a4f9c7ccc7f0cbd9eee/.rubocop_todo.yml#L44-51) require further discussion in the MR which moves the exclusions to `.rubocop_todo/`.
See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/354328#note_870464004 for more info!
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