Document --checklist flag (#1190)

Make the --checklist flag public
Improve documentation of the related flags

.github/workflows/IR.yml

@@ -33,13 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python setup.py install
-          pip install deepdiff
-          pip install pytest==7.0.1
-          pip install typing_extensions==4.1.1
-          pip install importlib_metadata==4.8.3
-
-          pip install "solc-select>=v1.0.0b1"
+          pip install ".[dev]"
           solc-select install all
           solc-select use 0.8.11
 

.github/workflows/black.yml

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install .
-          pip install deepdiff numpy
+          pip install ".[dev]"
+          pip install numpy
 
           mkdir -p .github/linters
           cp pyproject.toml .github/linters

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -65,11 +65,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
 
-          python setup.py install
-          # Used by ci_test.sh
-          pip install deepdiff
+          pip install ".[dev]"
 
-          pip install "solc-select>=v1.0.0b1"
           solc-select install all
           solc-select use 0.5.1
           pip install typing_extensions==4.1.1

.github/workflows/detectors.yml

@@ -33,14 +33,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
+          pip install ".[dev]"
 
-          python setup.py install
-          pip install deepdiff
-          pip install pytest==7.0.1
-          pip install typing_extensions==4.1.1
-          pip install importlib_metadata==4.8.3
-
-          pip install "solc-select>=v1.0.0b1"
           solc-select install all
           solc-select use 0.7.3
       - name: Test with pytest

.github/workflows/features.yml

@@ -33,14 +33,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
+          pip install ".[dev]"
 
-          python setup.py install
-          pip install deepdiff
-          pip install pytest==7.0.1
-          pip install typing_extensions==4.1.1
-          pip install importlib_metadata==4.8.3
-
-          pip install "solc-select>=v1.0.0b1"
           solc-select install all
           solc-select use 0.8.0
 

.github/workflows/linter.yml

@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install .
-          pip install deepdiff numpy
-
           mkdir -p .github/linters
           cp pyproject.toml .github/linters
 

.github/workflows/parser.yml

@@ -33,13 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-
-          python setup.py install
-          pip install deepdiff
-          pip install pytest==7.0.1
-          pip install typing_extensions==4.1.1
-          pip install importlib_metadata==4.8.3
-          pip install "solc-select>=v1.0.0b1"
+          pip install ".[dev]"
 
       - name: Install solc
         run: |

.github/workflows/pylint.yml

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install .
-          pip install deepdiff numpy
+          pip install ".[dev]"
+          pip install numpy
 
           mkdir -p .github/linters
           cp pyproject.toml .github/linters

.github/workflows/read_storage.yml

@@ -35,11 +35,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install python dependencies
         run: |
-          python3 setup.py install
-          pip install web3 pytest deepdiff solc-select
-          pip install pytest==7.0.1
-          pip install typing_extensions==4.1.1
-          pip install importlib_metadata==4.8.3
+          pip install ".[dev]"
+          pip install web3 
           solc-select install 0.8.1
           solc-select install 0.8.10
           solc-select use 0.8.1

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ Some pull request guidelines:
 ## Development Environment
 Instructions for installing a development version of Slither can be found in our [wiki](https://github.com/crytic/slither/wiki/Developer-installation).
 
-To run the unit tests, you need
-- `deepdiff` installed (`pip install deepdiff`).
-- `pycov` installed (`pip install pytest-cov`).
-- [`solc-select`](https://github.com/crytic/solc-select) installed.
+To run the unit tests, you need clone this repo and run `pip install ".[dev]"`.
 
 ### Linters
 

README.md

@@ -40,9 +40,12 @@ Run Slither on a single file:
 slither tests/uninitialized.sol
 ```
 
-For GitHub action integration, see [slither-action](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/slither-action). For additional configuration, see the [usage](https://github.com/trailofbits/slither/wiki/Usage) documentation.
+### Integration
+- For GitHub action integration, use [slither-action](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/slither-action).
+- To generate a Markdown report, use `slither [target] --checklist`.
+- To generate a Markdown with GitHub source code highlighting, use `slither [target] --checklist --markdown-root https://github.com/ORG/REPO/blob/COMMIT/` (replace `ORG`, `REPO`, `COMMIT`)
 
-Use [solc-select](https://github.com/crytic/solc-select) if your contracts require older versions of solc.
+Use [solc-select](https://github.com/crytic/solc-select) if your contracts require older versions of solc. For additional configuration, see the [usage](https://github.com/trailofbits/slither/wiki/Usage) documentation.
 
 ### Detectors
 

setup.py

@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ setup(
         # "crytic-compile>=0.2.3",
         "crytic-compile",
     ],
+    extras_require={
+        "dev": [
+            "black>=22.3.0",
+            "pylint>=2.13.4",
+            "pytest==7.0.1",
+            "pytest-cov",
+            "deepdiff",
+            "typing_extensions==4.1.1",
+            "importlib_metadata==4.8.3",
+            "solc-select>=v1.0.0b1",
+        ]
+    },
     dependency_links=["git+https://github.com/crytic/crytic-compile.git@master#egg=crytic-compile"],
     license="AGPL-3.0",
     long_description=long_description,

slither/__main__.py

@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ def parse_args(detector_classes, printer_classes):  # pylint: disable=too-many-s
 
     group_detector = parser.add_argument_group("Detectors")
     group_printer = parser.add_argument_group("Printers")
+    group_checklist = parser.add_argument_group(
+        "Checklist (consider using https://github.com/crytic/slither-action)"
+    )
     group_misc = parser.add_argument_group("Additional options")
 
     group_detector.add_argument(
@@ -392,6 +395,28 @@ def parse_args(detector_classes, printer_classes):  # pylint: disable=too-many-s
         default=defaults_flag_in_config["show_ignored_findings"],
     )
 
+    group_checklist.add_argument(
+        "--checklist",
+        help="Generate a markdown page with the detector results",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+    )
+
+    group_checklist.add_argument(
+        "--checklist-limit",
+        help="Limite the number of results per detector in the markdown file",
+        action="store",
+        default="",
+    )
+
+    group_checklist.add_argument(
+        "--markdown-root",
+        type=check_and_sanitize_markdown_root,
+        help="URL for markdown generation",
+        action="store",
+        default="",
+    )
+
     group_misc.add_argument(
         "--json",
         help='Export the results as a JSON file ("--json -" to export to stdout)',
@@ -429,14 +454,6 @@ def parse_args(detector_classes, printer_classes):  # pylint: disable=too-many-s
         default=defaults_flag_in_config["zip_type"],
     )
 
-    group_misc.add_argument(
-        "--markdown-root",
-        type=check_and_sanitize_markdown_root,
-        help="URL for markdown generation",
-        action="store",
-        default="",
-    )
-
     group_misc.add_argument(
         "--disable-color",
         help="Disable output colorization",
@@ -487,12 +504,6 @@ def parse_args(detector_classes, printer_classes):  # pylint: disable=too-many-s
 
     parser.add_argument("--markdown", help=argparse.SUPPRESS, action=OutputMarkdown, default=False)
 
-    group_misc.add_argument(
-        "--checklist", help=argparse.SUPPRESS, action="store_true", default=False
-    )
-
-    group_misc.add_argument("--checklist-limit", help=argparse.SUPPRESS, action="store", default="")
-
     parser.add_argument(
         "--wiki-detectors", help=argparse.SUPPRESS, action=OutputWiki, default=False
     )