From ca7b11ca964eb6b5c53920c205ae71a6897d0c50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Ayer <andrew@sslmate.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:21:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Print a friendlier error message if -batch_size specified

---
 cmd/certspotter/main.go | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/certspotter/main.go b/cmd/certspotter/main.go
index bc61808..eb9af34 100644
--- a/cmd/certspotter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/certspotter/main.go
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ func main() {
 	loglist.UserAgent = fmt.Sprintf("certspotter/%s (%s; %s; %s)", certspotterVersion(), runtime.Version(), runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 
 	var flags struct {
+		batchSize   bool
 		email       []string
 		healthcheck time.Duration
 		logs        string
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ func main() {
 		version     bool
 		watchlist   string
 	}
+	flag.Func("batch_size", "Obsolete; do not use", func(string) error { flags.batchSize = true; return nil }) // TODO: remove in 0.21.0
 	flag.Func("email", "Email address to contact when matching certificate is discovered (repeatable)", appendFunc(&flags.email))
 	flag.DurationVar(&flags.healthcheck, "healthcheck", 24*time.Hour, "How frequently to perform a health check")
 	flag.StringVar(&flags.logs, "logs", defaultLogList, "File path or URL of JSON list of logs to monitor")
@@ -186,6 +188,10 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&flags.watchlist, "watchlist", defaultWatchListPathIfExists(), "File containing domain names to watch")
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	if flags.batchSize {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: -batch_size is obsolete; please remove it from your command line\n", programName)
+		os.Exit(2)
+	}
 	if flags.version {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "certspotter version %s\n", certspotterVersion())
 		os.Exit(0)