cpplint: declare bankruptcy

We have not pushed updates to the public cpplint code from our internal
version in years.  No one seems interested in picking it up either.

Since an open source community has formed & forked & updated it, let's
delete our ancient version and just send people to that project now.

README.md

@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ that apply to that project.
 *   [TypeScript Style Guide][ts]
 *   [Vim script Style Guide][vim]
 
-This project also contains [cpplint][cpplint], a tool to assist with style guide
-compliance, and [google-c-style.el][emacs], an Emacs settings file for Google
-style.
+This project also contains [google-c-style.el][emacs], an Emacs settings file
+for Google style.
+
+We used to host the cpplint tool, but we stopped making internal updates public.
+An open source community has forked the project, so users are encouraged to use
+https://github.com/cpplint/cpplint instead.
 
 If your project requires that you create a new XML document format, the
 [XML Document Format Style Guide][xml] may be helpful. In addition to actual
@@ -85,7 +88,6 @@ primarily optimizing for Google's internal needs.
 [angular]: https://google.github.io/styleguide/angularjs-google-style.html
 [cl]: https://google.github.io/styleguide/lispguide.xml
 [vim]: https://google.github.io/styleguide/vimscriptguide.xml
-[cpplint]: https://github.com/google/styleguide/tree/gh-pages/cpplint
 [emacs]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/styleguide/gh-pages/google-c-style.el
 [xml]: https://google.github.io/styleguide/xmlstyle.html
 [dart]: https://www.dartlang.org/guides/language/effective-dart

cppguide.html

@@ -2171,7 +2171,7 @@ tool. </p>
 how to run <code>cpplint.py</code> from their project
 tools. If the project you are contributing to does not,
 you can download
-<a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/styleguide/gh-pages/cpplint/cpplint.py">
+<a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cpplint/cpplint/HEAD/cpplint.py">
 <code>cpplint.py</code></a> separately.</p>
 </div>
 

cpplint/README

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-This is automated checker to make sure a C++ file follows Google's C++ style
-guide (https://google.github.io/styleguide/cppguide.html). As it
-heavily relies on regular expressions, cpplint.py won't catch all violations of
-the style guide and will very occasionally report a false positive. There is a
-list of things we currently don't handle very well at the top of cpplint.py,
-and we welcome patches to improve it.
-
-The linting tool takes a list of files as input. For full usage instructions,
-please see the output of:
-
-  ./cpplint.py --help
-
-Unit tests are provided in cpplint_unittest.py. This file can safely be ignored
-by end users who have downloaded this package and only want to run the lint
-tool.
-
----
-
-cpplint.py and its corresponding unit tests are Copyright (C) 2009 Google Inc.
-
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
-met:
-
-   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
-copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
-in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
-distribution.
-   * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
-contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
-this software without specific prior written permission.
-
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
-"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
-A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
-OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
-SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
-THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

cpplint/cpplint_test_header.h

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-// A test header for cpplint_unittest.py.

cpplint/nested/cpplint_test_header.h

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-// A test header for cpplint_unittest.py.