Re: [PATCH] Set up 'make check' and add tab scanner.

On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 12:59:17PM +0800, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
> Add target 'tabcheck', running a quick perl scan of the C source code
> for tabs.  Note the double dollar sign $$ARGV is because of
> Makefile.am escaping.
> 
> Add check-security to the top level check-local target.
> 
> Add manual.xml validation to the doc/check-local target.
> 
> Don't add shellcheck target for now, because it appears to flag lots
> of unimportant issues.  Perhaps someone more familiar with this tool
> can fix it up and add it to check-local later on.
> ---
[snip]
> @@ -221,4 +223,8 @@ update-doc:
>  shellcheck:
>  	(find . -name \*.sh && echo "gen_defs muttbug prepare") |
>  	xargs shellcheck --exclude=SC2003,SC2006,SC2086,SC2162,SC2046

Do you mean that 'unimportant issues' which got suppressed with this
--exclude? I.e. we should be able to run shellcheck without the
--exclude?

I'll prepare a patch.