From 39c118f27b0d485040ea29b41d42e4bb3e2339d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrchr-github <78114321+chrchr-github@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:53:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update forwardanalyzer.cpp

---
 lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp b/lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp
index 7b33af8d6ba..99d01fc931c 100644
--- a/lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp
+++ b/lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ namespace {
                     }
                 } else if (tok->isControlFlowKeyword() && Token::Match(tok, "if|while|for (") &&
                            Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(1), ") {")) {
-                    if ((settings.vfOptions.maxForwardBranches > 0) && (++branchCount > settings.vfOptions.maxForwardBranches)) {
+                    if (settings.severity.isEnabled(Severity::information) && (settings.vfOptions.maxForwardBranches > 0) && (++branchCount > settings.vfOptions.maxForwardBranches)) {
                         // TODO: should be logged on function-level instead of file-level
                         reportError(Severity::information, "normalCheckLevelMaxBranches", "Limiting analysis of branches. Use --check-level=exhaustive to analyze all branches.");
                         return Break(Analyzer::Terminate::Bail);

From fbc814a68035f75d461447818d3c6956d6bd292d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrchr-github <78114321+chrchr-github@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:56:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update other_test.py

---
 test/cli/other_test.py | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/cli/other_test.py b/test/cli/other_test.py
index db057dcaf46..f50f8d1f74c 100644
--- a/test/cli/other_test.py
+++ b/test/cli/other_test.py
@@ -2038,6 +2038,17 @@ def test_builddir_hash_check_level(tmp_path):  # #13376
     build_dir = tmp_path / 'b1'
     os.mkdir(build_dir)
 
+    args = [ # // #14029
+        '--enable=warning',  # to execute the code which generates the normalCheckLevelMaxBranches message
+        '--cppcheck-build-dir={}'.format(build_dir),
+        '--template=simple',
+        str(test_file)
+    ]
+
+    exitcode, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(args)
+    assert exitcode == 0, stdout
+    assert stderr == ''
+
     args = [
         '--enable=warning',  # to execute the code which generates the normalCheckLevelMaxBranches message
         '--enable=information',  # to show the normalCheckLevelMaxBranches message

From b1c1ef2aa74db1899665568f8ff93e175802953e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrchr-github <78114321+chrchr-github@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:16:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update forwardanalyzer.cpp

---
 lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp b/lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp
index 99d01fc931c..ebdfc70a50d 100644
--- a/lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp
+++ b/lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp
@@ -682,9 +682,11 @@ namespace {
                     }
                 } else if (tok->isControlFlowKeyword() && Token::Match(tok, "if|while|for (") &&
                            Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(1), ") {")) {
-                    if (settings.severity.isEnabled(Severity::information) && (settings.vfOptions.maxForwardBranches > 0) && (++branchCount > settings.vfOptions.maxForwardBranches)) {
+                    if ((settings.vfOptions.maxForwardBranches > 0) && (++branchCount > settings.vfOptions.maxForwardBranches)) {
                         // TODO: should be logged on function-level instead of file-level
-                        reportError(Severity::information, "normalCheckLevelMaxBranches", "Limiting analysis of branches. Use --check-level=exhaustive to analyze all branches.");
+                        if (settings.severity.isEnabled(Severity::information)) {
+                            reportError(Severity::information, "normalCheckLevelMaxBranches", "Limiting analysis of branches. Use --check-level=exhaustive to analyze all branches.");
+                        }
                         return Break(Analyzer::Terminate::Bail);
                     }
                     Token* endCond = tok->linkAt(1);