Bug 188526

Summary: Improve error message in check-webkit-style when adding contributors
Product: WebKit Reporter: Thomas Denney <tdenney>
Component: Tools / TestsAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: Normal CC: lforschler, mmaxfield
Priority: P2    
Version: Other   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   

Description Thomas Denney 2018-08-13 12:16:08 PDT
Currently when you add a contributor to constributors.json you will see the following error message:

    ERROR: Tools/Scripts/webkitpy/common/config/contributors.json:0:  contributors.json should not be modified through the commit queue  [json/syntax]

The script should (a) only produce an error when trying to change committee members and (b) only output the error if you are already a committer (in which case you should commit directly).