1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/LintWriter.hs b/lib/LintWriter.hs
index 055e2d4..02815e3 100644
--- a/lib/LintWriter.hs
+++ b/lib/LintWriter.hs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ module LintWriter where
 
 import           Control.Monad.Trans.Maybe ()
 import           Control.Monad.Writer      (MonadTrans (lift),
-                                            MonadWriter (tell), WriterT)
+                                            MonadWriter (tell), WriterT,
+                                            runWriterT)
 import           Data.Aeson                (ToJSON (toJSON))
 import           Data.Text                 (Text)
 
@@ -45,6 +46,16 @@ lintsToDeps (LintResult a) = case a of
   Left _             -> []
   Right (_, lints)   -> mapMaybe lintToDep lints
 
+-- | convert a lint result into a flat list of lints
+-- (throwing away information on if a single error was fatal)
+resultToLints :: LintResult a -> [Lint]
+resultToLints (LintResult res) = case res of
+  Left l           -> [l]
+  Right (_, lints) -> lints
+
+-- | Confusingly, this returns lints, not a …
+runLintWriter :: LintWriter a -> [Lint]
+runLintWriter = resultToLints . LintResult . runWriterT
 
 -- | write a hint into the LintWriter monad
 lint :: Level -> Text -> LintWriter ()