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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4] Add .editorconfig file for basic formatting
On Mon. 23 Oct. 2023 at 11:28, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:
> Vincent MAILHOL <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr> writes:
>
> > On Thu. 1 June 2023 at 16:53, Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet@redhat.com> 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@kdrag0n.dev>
> >> Signed-off-by: Danny Lin <danny@kdrag0n.dev>
> >> Signed-off-by: Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet@redhat.com>
> >> ---
> >
> > 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?


Yours sincerely,
Vincent Mailhol

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