`lint` formats and `check` lints?

[NorfairKing]

Are the docs wrong or is the behaviour/naming weird?

[NorfairKing]

The lint --help also has this:

Args:
  [<rule-files>]  The rule files to check.

[alliasgher]

Opened #21592 for this.

[NorfairKing]

@alliasgher I appreciate it but it doesn't fix this issue. And I don't have permissions to reopen this issue @JStickler

[alliasgher]

Just to clarify the scope: PR #21592 only fixes the arg/flag help text on rules lint (it was saying "to check" when it should say "to format"). The broader naming inversion — lint formats and check lints — is a separate concern and not addressed there. Happy to follow up on that separately if the maintainers want a rename or alias added.

[chaudum]

@alliasgher @NorfairKing I opened #21671 which I would say solves the confusion by renaming lint to format (but keep lint as an alias to stay backwards compatible).

[NorfairKing]

That works @chaudum, 🤗 !