Function ParseArguments

cpplint.py:7651–7766

Parses the command line arguments. This may set the output format and verbosity level as side-effects. Args: args: The command line arguments: Returns: The list of filenames to lint.

(args)

def ParseArguments(args):
    """Parses the command line arguments.

    This may set the output format and verbosity level as side-effects.

    Args:
      args: The command line arguments:

    Returns:
      The list of filenames to lint.
    """
    try:
        (opts, filenames) = getopt.getopt(
            args,
            "",
            [
                "help",
                "output=",
                "verbose=",
                "v=",
                "version",
                "counting=",
                "filter=",
                "root=",
                "repository=",
                "linelength=",
                "extensions=",
                "exclude=",
                "recursive",
                "headers=",
                "includeorder=",
                "config=",
                "quiet",
            ],
        )
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        PrintUsage("Invalid arguments.")

    verbosity = _VerboseLevel()
    output_format = _OutputFormat()
    filters = ""
    quiet = _Quiet()
    counting_style = ""
    recursive = False

    for opt, val in opts:
        if opt == "--help":
            PrintUsage(None)
        if opt == "--version":
            PrintVersion()
        elif opt == "--output":
            if val not in ("emacs", "vs7", "eclipse", "junit", "sed", "gsed"):
                PrintUsage(
                    "The only allowed output formats are emacs, vs7, eclipse sed, gsed and junit."
                )
            output_format = val
        elif opt == "--quiet":
            quiet = True