Re: [PATCH v4] Add .editorconfig file for basic formatting

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 3:26 PM Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 8:19 AM Vincent MAILHOL
> <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon. 23 Oct. 2023 at 11:28, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Vincent MAILHOL <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > >
> > > > On Thu. 1 June 2023 at 16:53, Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >> EditorConfig is a specification to define the most basic code formatting
> > > >> stuff, and it's supported by many editors and IDEs, either directly or
> > > >> via plugins, including VSCode/VSCodium, Vim, emacs and more.
> > > >>
> > > >> It allows to define formatting style related to indentation, charset,
> > > >> end of lines and trailing whitespaces. It also allows to apply different
> > > >> formats for different files based on wildcards, so for example it is
> > > >> possible to apply different configs to *.{c,h}, *.py and *.rs.
> > > >>
> > > >> In linux project, defining a .editorconfig might help to those people
> > > >> that work on different projects with different indentation styles, so
> > > >> they cannot define a global style. Now they will directly see the
> > > >> correct indentation on every fresh clone of the project.
> > > >>
> > > >> See https://editorconfig.org
> > > >>
> > > >> Co-developed-by: Danny Lin <danny@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >> Signed-off-by: Danny Lin <danny@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >> Signed-off-by: Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >> ---
> > > >
> > > > Is there any news for this patch? I would really love this to become mainstream.
> > >
> > > I have concerns about this patch that I have expressed in the past.
> > >
> > > I'm not going to apply it... since it's a global change that affects all
> > > kernel developers, I don't think I *should* apply it.  I would recommend
> > > sending it directly to Linus; if you can get an ack from him, I'll apply
> > > it then.
> >
> > Hi Jonathan,
> >
> > Thanks for the comment, message taken.
> >
> > Hi Íñigo,
> >
> > The last version of the patch being from you, would you like to bring
> > the topic to Linus yourself or shall I do it instead?
>
> I'm not doing kernel development lately, so please go ahead pushing
> this if you want.
>
> Anyway, note that, as discussed in the thread, it is incorrect to say
> that it will affect all kernel developers: most IDEs and editors only
> have "opt-in" support for editorconfig, and the few that are not
> "opt-in", are either "opt-out" or has a workaround (Kate).




Applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks.

We invested a significant amount of time in research and discussion,
and I do not want to lose our efforts.

If it turns out to be problematic, it is easy to revert it.
(although I do not think so, given the wide adoption in many projects.)




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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada