New Rule: newline-above-import

[Deadmano]

Any chance for a rule that allows for adding a newline above the first import?

[ljharb]

For what purpose?

[Deadmano]

@ljharb I end up having a JSDoc comment at the top of each file that has a license:

/**
 * @license MIT
 * This file is part of Example Project.
 * Copyright © Author
 */
import { CommentState, FormattingState, LineState } from '../config/types';

I'd like to ensure that if there is no space above the first import, one gets added (for consistency). The same way rules such as newline-after-import handle it, but in reverse.

[ljharb]

The “after” rule is because command line tools work better when all files have a trailing newline, not for aesthetics or anything.

Since per-file license boilerplate is a bad practice, I’m not sure that’s sufficiently motivating reason to add an entirely new rule.