Output reference

A compatibility route for check output details; use Check a changeset for the canonical guide.

This legacy reference route is retained for bookmarks and incoming links. Check a changeset is the canonical guide to selecting a diff, separating severity from confidence, and reading exit codes and evidence.

For rule configuration and machine formats, see Configure. When a finding is deliberate, use one explicit lifecycle: inspect its evidence, either change the code or run argot mute <hash> --reason "…" for that one hit (or argot mute --path <glob> --reason "…" when the decision covers a tree), commit that reason for review, then periodically run argot list-mutes and argot review-mutes --prune. Inline and path suppressions are documented there too. Locked rules refuse every suppression surface; they must be resolved through the reviewed rule policy, never silently softened. A finding is review evidence; deciding how a team responds to it remains a human policy choice.