Dry run output format options

[xt0rted]

I'm working on a tool that takes the output from a dry run and reports on it. Right now I'm having to parse this with a regex to get the file path, line number, and message. Is there a way to output this as json, or to write my own output formatter and use it as a plugin?

[jmarolf]

seems reasonable to offer json output at the least. I would accept a PR for this.

Any additional thoughts on the structure of this? Just FileName/Path, line number, and message?

I can take a crack at this when I find some time.

Edit: Also, where do we want this output to go? To the console as a list at the end of execution? Allow the user to specify a filepath along with the --dry-run option and write it to that path?

[jmarolf]

no objections from me. I would happily accept a pr here

I've got a branch ready, but looks like I need permissions to push to this repo

[jmarolf]

thanks @jpshrader!You should be able to fork this repo and create a pull request without any additional permissions. This is the workflow that I have used here. Is this not working for you?

@jmarolf Ah, okay, gotcha. I was trying to push to a branch in this repo. Thanks! Apologies for the few days delay, I was on release duty last week.

I've opened the PR here. I added some comments with questions for you maintainers, so feel free to leave some red ink on it.

[JoeRobich]

This functionality was implemented in #495