CI: limit C++ lint to changed lines.

.github/workflows/CI_master.yml

@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ jobs:
     with:
       artifactBasename: Lint-${{ github.run_id }}
       changedFiles: ${{ needs.Prepare.outputs.changedFiles }}
+      changedLines: ${{ needs.Prepare.outputs.changedLines }}
       changedCppFiles: ${{ needs.Prepare.outputs.changedCppFiles }}
+      changedCppLines: ${{ needs.Prepare.outputs.changedCppLines }}
       changedPythonFiles: ${{ needs.Prepare.outputs.changedPythonFiles }}
+      changedPythonLines: ${{ needs.Prepare.outputs.changedPythonLines }}
 
   WrapUp:
     needs: [

.github/workflows/sub_lint.yml

@@ -34,12 +34,21 @@ on:
       changedFiles:
         type: string
         required: true
+      changedLines:
+        type: string
+        required: false
       changedCppFiles:
         type: string
         required: true
+      changedCppLines:
+        type: string
+        required: false
       changedPythonFiles:
         type: string
         required: true
+      changedPythonLines:
+        type: string
+        required: false
       checkLineendings:
         default: false
         type: boolean
@@ -317,6 +326,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python3 tools/lint/clang_tidy.py \
             --files "${{ inputs.changedCppFiles }}" \
+            --line-filter '${{ inputs.changedCppLines }}' \
             --clang-style "${{ inputs.clangStyle }}" \
             --log-dir "${{ env.logdir }}" \
             --report-file "${{ env.reportdir }}${{ env.reportfilename }}"

tools/lint/clang_tidy.py

@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ def main():
         required=True,
         help="Clang-format style (e.g., 'file' to use .clang-format or a specific style).",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--line-filter",
+        required=False,
+        help='Line-filter for clang-tidy (i.e. [{"name":"file1.cpp","lines":[[1,3],[5,7]]},...])',
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
     init_environment(args)
 
@@ -96,7 +101,11 @@ def main():
     enabled_checks_log = os.path.join(args.log_dir, "clang-tidy-enabled-checks.log")
     write_file(enabled_checks_log, enabled_output)
 
-    clang_cmd = clang_tidy_base_cmd + args.files.split()
+    clang_cmd = clang_tidy_base_cmd
+    if args.line_filter:
+        clang_cmd = clang_cmd + [f"--line-filter={args.line_filter}"]
+    clang_cmd = clang_cmd + args.files.split()
+    print("clang_cmd = ", clang_cmd)
     clang_stdout, clang_stderr, _ = run_command(clang_cmd)
     clang_tidy_output = clang_stdout + clang_stderr