Re: [PATCH] clang-format: add configuration file

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Mar 13 2018 - 17:01:16 EST


On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:39:52 +0100 Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> --- a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
> @@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ can never be transgressed. If there is a good reason to go against the
> style (a line which becomes far less readable if split to fit within the
> 80-column limit, for example), just do it.
>
> +Note that you can use the clang-format tool to help you with these rules
> +and to quickly re-format parts of your code automatically. It is specially
> +useful for new files/code and to spot coding style mistakes. It is also
> +useful to sort #includes, to align variables or comments, to reflow text
> +and other similar tasks.

It would be rather helpful to tell people how to invoke clang-format.
Is it just "clang-format foo.c" or what?