Re: [cocci] [PATCH RESEND 0/3] scripts: coccicheck: document debug log handling

On Wed, 7 Jan 2026, Benjamin Philip wrote:

> Currently coccicheck prints debug logs to stdout unless a debug file has been
> set. This makes it hard to read coccinelle's suggested changes, especially for
> someone new to coccicheck.
>
> This patchset documents this behaviour in both the coccicheck script as well as
> in the dev-tools documentation. Additionally, it simplifies some of the logic
> for handling debug files.
>
> Benjamin Philip (3):
>   scripts: coccicheck: simplify debug file handling
>   scripts: coccicheck: warn on unset debug file
>   Documentation: Coccinelle: document debug log handling
>
>  Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
>  scripts/coccicheck                     | 21 +++++++++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

Thanks for the update.  I will try to get this in for the next release.

julia