# Dead Code Check

> A technique for failing the build on exports and branches that nothing reaches.

Record: `lexicon:dead-code-check`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-dead-code-check

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Contextual Pattern Selection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/contextual-pattern-selection.md) and before [Archive Reference](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/archive-reference.md).

## Category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## Refactors

- [Zombie Code](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/zombie-code.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)