[tor-bugs] #31919 [Core Tor/Tor]: Add a check-local target that runs our coccinelle parsing problems script

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#31919: Add a check-local target that runs our coccinelle parsing problems script
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 Reporter:  teor          |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement   |         Status:  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.4.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  042-can       |  Actual Points:  0.3
Parent ID:  #31705        |         Points:  0.5
 Reviewer:  nickm         |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:5 nickm]:
 > Quick comment on patch:
 >
 > I'm not 100% sure about requiring everybody to install coccinelle for
 them to be able to run the pre-commit hook.

 If spatch is not installed, the script logs a message and exits without
 error:
 https://github.com/torproject/tor/pull/1454/commits/616bc21859c50f75e0f1092cab0dca0de62f47b9
 #diff-e4d63afb05764cd8a5149d2f09edd87dR21

 I'm not entirely happy with the speed of spatch, but let's see how it
 goes. Maybe there's some nice way to do it in parallel.

 I'm making progress on this, just doing performance checks now.

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