automated coding style tool (was: RE: DCO: Was: Re: Contributing to gdb)

(forking off the DCO topic)

On Monday, January 13, 2025 6:42 PM Simon Marchi wrote:
> I would be happy if we accepted DCO contributions.  Having to go through
> some copyright assignment paperwork is not the end of the world, but it
> is one of many annoyances that add friction for new contributors (others
> I think of right now are the use of mailing lists for reviews and our
> specific coding style that we are unable to enforce with an automated
> tool).

Regarding the automated coding style tool: is there any active attempt
to pursue this goal?  The latest discussion I know of is this:

  https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/[email protected]/

Tom mentioned his t/clang-format branch in that email thread.  I checked
the branch.  The clang-format config file has

  # BasedOnStyle:  GNU

Is the GDB coding style so off from the built-in GNU style
that it cannot be reused?

-Baris


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