cont...@bugs.debian.org Bcc: jel...@jelmer.uk Subject: Re: Bug#915977: lintian-brush: option to print modifications without applying them to files Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <9d70da4ecbe32df4fd4ea3b1bfa0cc56b593ced3.ca...@debian.org>
tags 915977 +confirmed thanks On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 10:25:37AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > It would be useful to have an option to print modifications without > applying them to files so that tools like check-all-the-things can > suggest modifications to the Debian packaging. We could add a ''--dry-run'' option that can be used together with the existing --diff option. Since the fixer scripts can be shell scripts that require actual files to work on, this will probably involve making some sort of temporary lightweight clone (git clone --depth=1?), but that should be doable and be reasonably performant. Cheers, Jelmer
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