[clang-tidy] Update run-clang-tidy.py with config arg

Updating the run-clang-tidy.py script to allow specification of the
config argument to the clang-tidy invocation.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D43538

llvm-svn: 327186

clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/tool/run-clang-tidy.py

@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ def make_absolute(f, directory):
 
 
 def get_tidy_invocation(f, clang_tidy_binary, checks, tmpdir, build_path,
-                        header_filter, extra_arg, extra_arg_before, quiet):
+                        header_filter, extra_arg, extra_arg_before, quiet,
+                        config):
   """Gets a command line for clang-tidy."""
   start = [clang_tidy_binary]
   if header_filter is not None:
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ def get_tidy_invocation(f, clang_tidy_binary, checks, tmpdir, build_path,
   start.append('-p=' + build_path)
   if quiet:
       start.append('-quiet')
+  if config:
+      start.append('-config=' + config)
   start.append(f)
   return start
 
@@ -157,7 +160,7 @@ def run_tidy(args, tmpdir, build_path, queue):
     invocation = get_tidy_invocation(name, args.clang_tidy_binary, args.checks,
                                      tmpdir, build_path, args.header_filter,
                                      args.extra_arg, args.extra_arg_before,
-                                     args.quiet)
+                                     args.quiet, args.config)
     sys.stdout.write(' '.join(invocation) + '\n')
     subprocess.call(invocation)
     queue.task_done()
@@ -177,6 +180,14 @@ def main():
   parser.add_argument('-checks', default=None,
                       help='checks filter, when not specified, use clang-tidy '
                       'default')
+  parser.add_argument('-config', default=None,
+                      help='Specifies a configuration in YAML/JSON format: '
+                      '  -config="{Checks: \'*\', '
+                      '                       CheckOptions: [{key: x, '
+                      '                                       value: y}]}" '
+                      'When the value is empty, clang-tidy will '
+                      'attempt to find a file named .clang-tidy for '
+                      'each source file in its parent directories.')
   parser.add_argument('-header-filter', default=None,
                       help='regular expression matching the names of the '
                       'headers to output diagnostics from. Diagnostics from '