[llvm-branch-commits] [clang] release/20.x: [clang-format] Allow `Language: Cpp` for C files (#133033) (PR #133216)

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https://github.com/llvmbot created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/133216

Backport 05fb8408de23c3ccb6125b6886742177755bd757

Requested by: @owenca

>From f5f3f87c9ca7fdcc29a9e6cc54424e66021af0e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Owen Pan <owenpiano at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:00:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [clang-format] Allow `Language: Cpp` for C files (#133033)

Fix #132832

(cherry picked from commit 05fb8408de23c3ccb6125b6886742177755bd757)
---
 clang/lib/Format/Format.cpp                | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 clang/unittests/Format/ConfigParseTest.cpp | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang/lib/Format/Format.cpp b/clang/lib/Format/Format.cpp
index 0bb8545884442..768e655f65ce7 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Format/Format.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Format/Format.cpp
@@ -2114,10 +2114,14 @@ std::error_code parseConfiguration(llvm::MemoryBufferRef Config,
   FormatStyle::FormatStyleSet StyleSet;
   bool LanguageFound = false;
   for (const FormatStyle &Style : llvm::reverse(Styles)) {
-    if (Style.Language != FormatStyle::LK_None)
+    const auto Lang = Style.Language;
+    if (Lang != FormatStyle::LK_None)
       StyleSet.Add(Style);
-    if (Style.Language == Language)
+    if (Lang == Language ||
+        // For backward compatibility.
+        (Lang == FormatStyle::LK_Cpp && Language == FormatStyle::LK_C)) {
       LanguageFound = true;
+    }
   }
   if (!LanguageFound) {
     if (Styles.empty() || Styles[0].Language != FormatStyle::LK_None)
@@ -2157,8 +2161,14 @@ FormatStyle::FormatStyleSet::Get(FormatStyle::LanguageKind Language) const {
   if (!Styles)
     return std::nullopt;
   auto It = Styles->find(Language);
-  if (It == Styles->end())
-    return std::nullopt;
+  if (It == Styles->end()) {
+    if (Language != FormatStyle::LK_C)
+      return std::nullopt;
+    // For backward compatibility.
+    It = Styles->find(FormatStyle::LK_Cpp);
+    if (It == Styles->end())
+      return std::nullopt;
+  }
   FormatStyle Style = It->second;
   Style.StyleSet = *this;
   return Style;
diff --git a/clang/unittests/Format/ConfigParseTest.cpp b/clang/unittests/Format/ConfigParseTest.cpp
index 10788449a1a1d..fcf07e660ddb6 100644
--- a/clang/unittests/Format/ConfigParseTest.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/Format/ConfigParseTest.cpp
@@ -1214,6 +1214,26 @@ TEST(ConfigParseTest, ParsesConfigurationWithLanguages) {
               IndentWidth, 56u);
 }
 
+TEST(ConfigParseTest, AllowCppForC) {
+  FormatStyle Style = {};
+  Style.Language = FormatStyle::LK_C;
+  EXPECT_EQ(parseConfiguration("Language: Cpp", &Style), ParseError::Success);
+
+  CHECK_PARSE("---\n"
+              "IndentWidth: 4\n"
+              "---\n"
+              "Language: Cpp\n"
+              "IndentWidth: 8\n",
+              IndentWidth, 8u);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(parseConfiguration("---\n"
+                               "Language: ObjC\n"
+                               "---\n"
+                               "Language: Cpp\n",
+                               &Style),
+            ParseError::Success);
+}
+
 TEST(ConfigParseTest, UsesLanguageForBasedOnStyle) {
   FormatStyle Style = {};
   Style.Language = FormatStyle::LK_JavaScript;