On Mon, Apr 06, 2026 at 01:00:39PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote: > Add a --json flag to checkpatch.pl that emits structured JSON output, > making results machine-parseable for CI systems, IDE integrations, and > AI-assisted code review tools. > > The JSON output includes per-file totals (errors, warnings, checks, > lines) and an array of individual issues with structured fields for > level, type, message, file path, and line number. > > The --json flag is mutually exclusive with --terse and --emacs. > Normal text output behavior is completely unchanged when --json is > not specified.
I see that it's writing json out manually, implementing its own escaping. While there are upsides to not requiring a perl json library, I think it's fair to expect that people who would want to get json output can probably make sure that JSON::XS is installed. Not a strong object, but seems cleaner that way. -K
