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Before: -t and -g mean the opposite of what they mean in v1, so cpp-linter -t true turns on --no-lgtm instead of --thread-comments.

After: -t is --thread-comments and -g is --no-lgtm again, like v1. Only people already using these short flags with a v2 RC are affected, and it's better to change them before GA.

How:

  • Swap the two short values in FeedbackOptions and add a parsing test.
  • The #-g-thread-comments doc links now point to #-t-thread-comments.

--jobs and the v1-style --fix were dropped from this PR after review: v2 uses all CPU cores, keeps the worktree untouched, and offers fixes from both tools as a patch file (fix-patch-path).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Corrected the CLI short options: -t now enables thread comments, and -g controls no_lgtm.
  • Documentation
    • Updated the README and documentation links to point to the correct thread-comments option.

Like cpp-linter v1:
- `--jobs`/`-j` limits how many files are analyzed at the same time
  (`0` or less: all CPU cores, the default).
- `--fix`/`-F` writes clang-format's fixes to the analyzed files
  (only the lines selected by `--lines-changed-only`), and the
  formatted files are not reported as having format issues.
- `-t` is `--thread-comments` and `-g` is `--no-lgtm` (they were swapped).

cpp-linter-action always passes `--jobs` and passes `--fix` for its
`auto-fix` input, so v2 rejected the action's arguments.
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The CLI short options for thread comments and no_lgtm are swapped. A test checks the updated parsing, and documentation links now point to the -t thread-comments option.

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Short-option mapping and references
cpp-linter/src/cli/mod.rs, README.md, docs/docs/index.md, docs/docs/permissions.md
-t now selects thread comments, and -g selects no_lgtm. A parsing test checks both values. Documentation links point to the -t option.

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Review comments at @cpp-linter/src/clang_tools/clang_format.rs:
- Line 205: Update the fix condition in run_clang_format to skip applying
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empty; allow fixes with an empty range list only when lines_changed_only is Off.
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- Line 182: Update the `spawn` closure that schedules `analyze_single_file` to
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With `--fix`, a clang-format that exits with an error is no longer allowed to
overwrite the source file with its (likely empty) output; an error is logged
instead.

Each file is now analyzed with `JoinSet::spawn_blocking` because the clang
tools run synchronously, so `--jobs` is not capped by the async worker threads.
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I'm not interested in keeping the --jobs arg for v2. At some point you're going to have to acknowledge that v2 is using an entirely different language. I don't want to add complexity in v2 for a feature that was only needed in v1. The breaking change in v2 is not just a difference in the language it was written.

The --jobs arg in v1 was only added to satisfy the multi-threading API that we used in Python. In rust, the async support does not have this restriction; I rarely see async rust apps offer a -j arg.

In cpp-linter-action v3.0.0-rc0 branch, I have already marked the jobs input as deprecated (and ignore it).

I doubt anyone was actually setting the jobs input to a non-default value. I can't think of a use case where someone would want to limit the number of threads spawned.

v2's async runtime does not need a job limit, and cpp-linter-action v3
already ignores its deprecated `jobs` input.
@shenxianpeng shenxianpeng changed the title feat: add --jobs and --fix, and restore v1's -t/-g feat: add --fix, and restore v1's -t/-g Oct 16, 2026

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I'm not going to lie. This feels a little insulting. I put in all the work to unify both clang tools' output (before you even added --fix to v1), and now you want that same only-clang-format --fix behavior to be the direction in v2.

I'm not against the --fix option. We will need something that does what --pr-review does (generate a patch file of clang fixes from both tools) without actually posting a review. Again, see #376 because that is the direction v2 is taking.


I appreciate the fix about the short flags being backwards (-t/-g). But I always considered the --fix in v1 as a phase-in strategy, not the full desirable solution. Because v1 --fix completely ignores any clang-tidy fixes and leaves the worktree changed.

Comment on lines +211 to +221
} else if clang_params.fix && !format_advice.replacements.is_empty() {
// Like `clang-format -i` with the same `--lines`, but reuse the output we already have.
let file_path = clang_params.repo_root.join(&file.name);
fs::write(&file_path, &output.stdout).map_err(|e| ClangCaptureError::WriteFileFailed {
file_name: file_path.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
source: e,
})?;
logs.push((
Level::Info,
format!("Applied clang-format fixes to {file_name}"),
));

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I prefer to stick with the new v2 behavior. Let cpp-linter-action apply the generated patch file.

Again, v2 will have some breaking changes.

  • tidy-review and format-review are aliases of the newer/unified pr-review feature. These older inputs are marked as deprecated.
  • the worktree is completely untouched. Meaning, the --fix option will only generate a patch that can be conditionally applied using git CLI. This way users can apply their own pathspec filter with git apply <patch-file.patch> [<pathspec>...].
  • jobs is ignored and the systems' max CPU cores are used to spawn sub-threads.

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/// Apply clang-format fixes to the analyzed files.
///
/// Only the lines selected by
/// [`--lines-changed-only`](#-l-lines-changed-only) are formatted.
/// Formatted files are not reported as having format issues.
///
/// > [!NOTE]
/// > This only applies to clang-format.
/// > Fixes suggested by clang-tidy are not applied.

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--fix shall be applied to any file that gets analyzed by either tool. Users can leverage --ignore, --ignore-tidy and --ignore-format to prevent unwanted changes.

Really, this arg will act like --pr-review without actually posting a PR review. The generated patch file can used after cpp-linter is done.

v2 keeps the worktree untouched; fixes from both clang tools are
already offered as a patch file (`fix-patch-path`).
@shenxianpeng shenxianpeng changed the title feat: add --fix, and restore v1's -t/-g fix: restore v1's -t/-g short flags Oct 17, 2026
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I opened #500 to track the --fix addition.

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squashed, merged, and signed with d8c28eb

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