[llvm] [llvm][Docs] Explain how to handle excessive formatting changes (PR #126239)
Andrzej WarzyĆski via llvm-commits
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Mon Feb 10 00:23:23 PST 2025
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@@ -73,15 +73,33 @@ recent commit:
% git clang-format HEAD~1
-Note that this modifies the files, but doesn't commit them -- you'll likely want
-to run
+.. note::
+ For some patches, formatting them may add changes that obscure the intent of
+ the patch. For example, adding to an enum that was not previously formatted
+ may result in the entire enum being reformatted. This happens because not all
+ of the LLVM Project conforms to clang-format at this time.
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banach-space wrote:
[nit] `clang-format` is just a tool. Conform to `clang-format style`? `clang-format set-up file`? `clang-format setting`?
```suggestion
of the LLVM Project conforms to clang-format set-up at this time.
```
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/126239
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