Make linter emit warnings instead of errors by default

Sources/swift-format/Frontend/Frontend.swift

@@ -200,14 +200,21 @@ class Frontend {
   /// Creates a new frontend with the given options.
   ///
   /// - Parameter lintFormatOptions: Options that apply during formatting or linting.
-  init(configurationOptions: ConfigurationOptions, lintFormatOptions: LintFormatOptions) {
+  init(
+    configurationOptions: ConfigurationOptions,
+    lintFormatOptions: LintFormatOptions,
+    treatWarningsAsErrors: Bool = false
+  ) {
     self.configurationOptions = configurationOptions
     self.lintFormatOptions = lintFormatOptions
 
     self.diagnosticPrinter = StderrDiagnosticPrinter(
       colorMode: lintFormatOptions.colorDiagnostics.map { $0 ? .on : .off } ?? .auto
     )
-    self.diagnosticsEngine = DiagnosticsEngine(diagnosticsHandlers: [diagnosticPrinter.printDiagnostic])
+    self.diagnosticsEngine = DiagnosticsEngine(
+      diagnosticsHandlers: [diagnosticPrinter.printDiagnostic],
+      treatWarningsAsErrors: treatWarningsAsErrors
+    )
     self.configurationProvider = ConfigurationProvider(diagnosticsEngine: self.diagnosticsEngine)
   }
 

Sources/swift-format/Subcommands/Lint.swift

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extension SwiftFormatCommand {
 
     @Flag(
       name: .shortAndLong,
-      help: "Fail on warnings. Deprecated: All findings are treated as errors now."
+      help: "Treat all findings as errors instead of warnings."
     )
     var strict: Bool = false
 
@@ -37,15 +37,11 @@ extension SwiftFormatCommand {
 
     func run() throws {
       try performanceMeasurementOptions.printingInstructionCountIfRequested {
-        let frontend = LintFrontend(configurationOptions: configurationOptions, lintFormatOptions: lintOptions)
-
-        if strict {
-          frontend.diagnosticsEngine.emitWarning(
-            """
-            Running swift-format with --strict is deprecated and will be removed in the future.
-            """
-          )
-        }
+        let frontend = LintFrontend(
+          configurationOptions: configurationOptions,
+          lintFormatOptions: lintOptions,
+          treatWarningsAsErrors: strict
+        )
         frontend.run()
 
         if frontend.diagnosticsEngine.hasErrors {

Sources/swift-format/Utilities/DiagnosticsEngine.swift

@@ -26,20 +26,28 @@ final class DiagnosticsEngine {
   /// A Boolean value indicating whether any warnings were emitted by the diagnostics engine.
   private(set) var hasWarnings: Bool
 
+  /// Whether to upgrade all warnings to errors.
+  private let treatWarningsAsErrors: Bool
+
   /// Creates a new diagnostics engine with the given diagnostic handlers.
   ///
   /// - Parameter diagnosticsHandlers: An array of functions, each of which takes a `Diagnostic` as
   ///   its sole argument and returns `Void`. The functions are called whenever a diagnostic is
   ///   received by the engine.
-  init(diagnosticsHandlers: [(Diagnostic) -> Void]) {
+  init(diagnosticsHandlers: [(Diagnostic) -> Void], treatWarningsAsErrors: Bool = false) {
     self.handlers = diagnosticsHandlers
     self.hasErrors = false
     self.hasWarnings = false
+    self.treatWarningsAsErrors = treatWarningsAsErrors
   }
 
   /// Emits the diagnostic by passing it to the registered handlers, and tracks whether it was an
   /// error or warning diagnostic.
   private func emit(_ diagnostic: Diagnostic) {
+    var diagnostic = diagnostic
+    if treatWarningsAsErrors, diagnostic.severity == .warning {
+      diagnostic.severity = .error
+    }
     switch diagnostic.severity {
     case .error: self.hasErrors = true
     case .warning: self.hasWarnings = true
@@ -135,7 +143,7 @@ final class DiagnosticsEngine {
   /// diagnostics engine and returns it.
   private func diagnosticMessage(for finding: Finding) -> Diagnostic {
     return Diagnostic(
-      severity: .error,
+      severity: .warning,
       location: finding.location.map(Diagnostic.Location.init),
       category: "\(finding.category)",
       message: "\(finding.message.text)"