fix(tools/kconfig): Moved check_konfigs.py to esp-idf-kconfig package

Closes #10872

.gitlab/ci/pre_check.yml

@@ -71,21 +71,6 @@ check_api_usage:
     - tools/ci/check_api_violation.sh
     - tools/ci/check_examples_extra_component_dirs.sh
 
-test_check_kconfigs:
-  extends: .pre_check_template
-  artifacts:
-    when: on_failure
-    paths:
-      - components/*/Kconfig*.new
-      - examples/*/*/*/Kconfig*.new
-      - examples/*/*/*/*/Kconfig*.new
-      - tools/*/Kconfig*.new
-      - tools/*/*/Kconfig*.new
-      - tools/*/*/*/Kconfig*.new
-    expire_in: 1 week
-  script:
-    - python ${IDF_PATH}/tools/ci/test_check_kconfigs.py
-
 check_blobs:
   extends:
     - .pre_check_template

.gitlab/ci/rules.yml

@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@
   - "components/**/*"
 
   - "tools/ci/test_autocomplete.py"
-  - "tools/ci/test_check_kconfigs.py"
 
   - "tools/mass_mfg/**/*"
 

docs/en/api-reference/kconfig.rst

@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ Format rules for Kconfig files are as follows:
 Format Checker
 --------------
 
-``tools/ci/check_kconfigs.py`` is provided for checking Kconfig files against the above format rules. The checker checks all Kconfig and ``Kconfig.projbuild`` files in the ESP-IDF directory, and generates a new file with suffix ``.new`` with some suggestions about how to fix issues (if there are any). Please note that the checker cannot correct all format issues and the responsibility of the developer is to final check and make corrections in order to pass the tests. For example, indentations will be corrected if there is not any misleading formatting, but it cannot come up with a common prefix for options inside a menu.
+``kconfcheck`` tool in esp-idf-kconfig_ package is provided for checking Kconfig files against the above format rules. The checker checks all Kconfig and ``Kconfig.projbuild`` files given as arguments, and generates a new file with suffix ``.new`` with some suggestions about how to fix issues (if there are any). Please note that the checker cannot correct all format issues and the responsibility of the developer is to final check and make corrections in order to pass the tests. For example, indentations will be corrected if there is not any misleading formatting, but it cannot come up with a common prefix for options inside a menu.
+
+
+The ``esp-idf-kconfig`` package is available in ESP-IDF environments, where the checker tool can be invoked by running command: ``python -m kconfcheck <path_to_kconfig_file>``
+For more information, see `esp-idf-kconfig package documentation <https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf-kconfig/blob/master/docs/DOCUMENTATION.md>`_
 
 .. _configuration-options-compatibility:
 

tools/ci/check_deprecated_kconfigs.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 from io import open
 from typing import Set, Tuple
 
-from check_kconfigs import valid_directory
 from idf_ci_utils import get_submodule_dirs
 
 # FILES_TO_CHECK used as "startswith" pattern to match sdkconfig.defaults variants
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ def _parse_path(path: 'os.PathLike[str]', sep: str=None) -> Set:
     return ret
 
 
-def _valid_directory(path: 'os.PathLike[str]') -> 'os.PathLike[str]':
+def valid_directory(path: str) -> str:
     if not os.path.isdir(path):
         raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError('{} is not a valid directory!'.format(path))
     return path