1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sbolint b/sbolint
index fddac40..1fc64bb 100755
--- a/sbolint
+++ b/sbolint
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ will still be emitted.
 
 Suppress notes. Only errors and warnings will be listed.
 
+=item B<-N>, B<--notes-as-warnings>
+
+Notes will be counted as warnings. They will still be displayed as notes; this
+changes the exit status and the total warning count.
+
 =item B<-c>, B<--color>
 
 Always use colorful text, even if standard output is not a terminal. The default is to
@@ -398,6 +403,7 @@ GetOptions(
 		"version|v" => sub { print "$VERSION\n"; exit 0; },
 		"no-warnings|e" => sub { $nowarn = 1; $nonote = 1;},
 		"no-notes|n" => \$nonote,
+		"notes-as-warnings|N" => \$notes_as_warnings,
 		"no-readme|r" => \$suppress_readme_len,
 		"doc|help|h" => sub { exec("perldoc $0"); },
 		"man" => sub { exec("pod2man --stderr -s1 -csbo-maintainer-tools -r$VERSION $0"); },
@@ -552,6 +558,7 @@ sub log_warning {
 sub log_note {
 	return if $nowarn || $nonote;
 	logmsg($green . "NOTE" . $color_off, @_);
+	$warncount++ if $notes_as_warnings;
 }
 
 sub die_usage {