From 74b018ceb3822e0810ddfe434605bee69aba8b73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:04:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] zig build: make --error-limit globally configurable

still overridable by individual Compile steps
---
 lib/compiler/Maker.zig              | 5 +++++
 lib/compiler/Maker/Graph.zig        | 1 +
 lib/compiler/Maker/Step/Compile.zig | 2 +-
 lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig      | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/compiler/Maker.zig b/lib/compiler/Maker.zig
index 48da409813..278cb5340e 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/Maker.zig
+++ b/lib/compiler/Maker.zig
@@ -390,6 +390,10 @@ pub fn main(init: process.Init.Minimal) !void {
                     fatal("unable to parse reference_trace count {q}: {t}", .{ num, err });
             } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "-fno-reference-trace")) {
                 graph.reference_trace = null;
+            } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--error-limit")) {
+                const next_arg = nextArgOrFatal(args, &arg_idx);
+                graph.error_limit = std.fmt.parseUnsigned(u32, next_arg, 0) catch |err|
+                    fatal("unable to parse error limit {q}: {t}", .{ next_arg, err });
             } else if (mem.cutPrefix(u8, arg, "-j")) |text| {
                 const n = std.fmt.parseUnsigned(u32, text, 10) catch |err|
                     fatal("unable to parse jobs count {q}: {t}", .{ text, err });
@@ -1838,6 +1842,7 @@ const ScannedConfig = struct {
             \\  -fno-reference-trace         Disable reference trace
             \\  -fallow-so-scripts           Allows .so files to be GNU ld scripts
             \\  -fno-allow-so-scripts        (default) .so files must be ELF files
+            \\  --error-limit [num]          Set the maximum amount of distinct error values
             \\  --build-file [file]          Override path to build.zig
             \\  --cache-dir [path]           Override path to local Zig cache directory
             \\  --global-cache-dir [path]    Override path to global Zig cache directory
diff --git a/lib/compiler/Maker/Graph.zig b/lib/compiler/Maker/Graph.zig
index c62e49a9a5..e1b9ef5875 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/Maker/Graph.zig
+++ b/lib/compiler/Maker/Graph.zig
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ libc_file: ?[]const u8 = null,
 sysroot: ?[]const u8 = null,
 search_prefixes: std.ArrayList([]const u8) = .empty,
 build_id: ?std.zig.BuildId = null,
+error_limit: ?u32 = null,
diff --git a/lib/compiler/Maker/Step/Compile.zig b/lib/compiler/Maker/Step/Compile.zig
index 1deb6d1289..28638565fa 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/Maker/Step/Compile.zig
+++ b/lib/compiler/Maker/Step/Compile.zig
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ fn lowerZigArgs(
         try zig_args.append(gpa, "-municode");
     }
 
-    if (compile.error_limit) |err_limit| try zig_args.appendSlice(gpa, &.{
+    if (compile.error_limit orelse graph.error_limit) |err_limit| try zig_args.appendSlice(gpa, &.{
         "--error-limit", try allocPrint(arena, "{d}", .{err_limit}),
     });
 
diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig b/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
index ee4068e991..40d2a4a38a 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Step/Compile.zig
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ generated_llvm_bc: ?*GeneratedFile,
 generated_llvm_ir: ?*GeneratedFile,
 generated_h: ?*GeneratedFile,
 
-/// The maximum number of distinct errors within a compilation step
-/// Defaults to `std.math.maxInt(u16)`
+/// The maximum number of distinct errors within a compilation step Defaults to
+/// `std.math.maxInt(u16)`. Overrides the argument passed to `zig build`.
 error_limit: ?u32 = null,
 
 /// Computed during make().