c++ccoding-styleastyle

Can I list files that would be formatted with astyle?

Does astyle have an option that would do something like:

"For the given list of files, list the files that *would be* modified by astyle."

So, basically list the files that don't conform with astyle, but don't actually change them. I looked through the man pages and couldn't find anything helpful. astyle creates .orig files, and I can use that info, but I'd rather not clutter the drive, even if astyle can do a purge after the fact. I'd really would just like such an option.

Solution

  • astyle has a --dry-run option you can use to do this

    --dry-run
    Perform a trial run with no changes made to the files. The report will be output as usual.