Bug 127689 – check-webkit-style should complain if copyright dates should be updated

• Status: NEW
• Component: Tools / Tests

[Blaze Burg]

For example, after some threshold of say, 10 lines changed, check-webkit-style could check if any copyright lines include the current year, and complain if not. This should be an optional flag, since not everyone cares about updating copyright.

[Gergő Balogh]

Created attachment 228954 [details]
patch

[WebKit Commit Bot]

Attachment 228954 [details] did not pass style-queue:


ERROR: Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/style/checker_options.py:30:  expected 2 blank lines, found 1  [pep8/E302] [5]
ERROR: Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/style/checker_options.py:49:  no newline at end of file  [pep8/W292] [5]
Total errors found: 2 in 9 files


If any of these errors are false positives, please file a bug against check-webkit-style.

[Gergő Balogh]

Created attachment 228955 [details]
patch, style fixed

[Darin Adler]

Comment on attachment 228955 [details]
patch, style fixed

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=228955&action=review

> Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/style/optparser.py:344
> +        check_copyright_help = ("If there is at least specified count of line chaned then specified,"
> +                                "will alert if is not any copyright note with the current year."
> +                                "(requires --diff_files option)")

I am not sure this should be in the style checker. There are many types of edits where claiming copyright is not appropriate. For example, if I rename something that appears in many source files I don’t want the style checker telling me I should update copyright dates in the many files where many lines were updating.

[Gergő Balogh]

(In reply to comment #4)
> (From update of attachment 228955 [details])
> View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=228955&action=review
> 
> > Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/style/optparser.py:344
> > +        check_copyright_help = ("If there is at least specified count of line chaned then specified,"
> > +                                "will alert if is not any copyright note with the current year."
> > +                                "(requires --diff_files option)")
> 
> I am not sure this should be in the style checker. There are many types of edits where claiming copyright is not appropriate. For example, if I rename something that appears in many source files I don’t want the style checker telling me I should update copyright dates in the many files where many lines were updating.

Of course it is true, but that's why it is implemented as an optional switch. For example I tend to forget these things. It not meant to be a golden hammer, just a tool that reminds you and need manual checking too.

[Brent Fulgham]

Comment on attachment 228955 [details]
patch, style fixed

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=228955&action=review

This patch seems like a good idea, but is very out of date. r- to update to current sources.

> Tools/ChangeLog:9
> +        Introducing a new checker_options paramter to pass infomration to the checkers.

Introducing a new checker_options PARAMETER to pass INFORMATION to the checkers.

> Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/style/checker.py:711
> +          copyright_limit: An integer, if more lines changed then

copyright_limit: An integer, if more lines changed than this limit, then

> Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/style/checker_options.py:2
> +# Copyright (C) 2014 Samsung Electronics. All rights reserved.

Should be updated to this year. :-(

> Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/style/checker_options.py:41
> +                           copyright will be checked.

copyright_limit: An integer, if more lines changed than this limit, then