From ea695e3b1cd87810e816ad935d7966a574282da4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcelo Santos <117441129+marcelo-m7@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2025 12:00:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: run ec optionally

---
 Makefile  | 3 +--
 README.md | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc66483..610b165 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ fmt:
 lint:
 	bash -O globstar -c 'shellcheck -x bin/mona modules/**/*.sh'
 	shfmt -d bin modules recipes tests
-	ec
+	if command -v ec >/dev/null 2>&1; then ec; else echo "Install editorconfig-checker (ec) for EditorConfig validation: pip install editorconfig-checker"; fi
 
 test:
 	bats -r tests
 
 ci: lint test
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76a9a81..ff7f86b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sudo ./bin/mona
 
 ## Install
 
-Clone the repo and install dev deps:
+Clone the repo and install dev deps (ShellCheck, shfmt, BATS, optional editorconfig-checker):
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/Monynha-Softwares/MonaRepoTui.git
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ cd MonaRepoTui
 make install-dev
 ```
 
+`make install-dev` includes the [EditorConfig Checker](https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker) (`ec`) for optional EditorConfig validation. If it's missing, `make lint` will remind you to install it.
+
 ### TUI dependency
 
 The interactive menus use [bashsimplecurses](https://github.com/metal3d/bashsimplecurses).