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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

John,

On 5/22/19 5:39 AM, John Beard wrote:
> On 20/05/2019 23:48, Frank Severinsen wrote:
> 
>> When using clang-format on the entire file, it more or less changed
>> every line in one way or another.
>> should this be committed as well or is git clutter worse than
>> codingstyle issues?
> 
> You should not commit unrelated formatting clutter in the same commit as
> actual code changes. Just format the changed bits. If that's too
> inconsistent, either reformat as a separate commit, or match the
> existing style in the area, even if it's "wrong".
> 
> The trick here is to use git-clang-format. This will only format the
> lines you have changed. There are instructions in the developer
> documentation[1], a git-hook to report errors when you commit, and a
> script to help you fix it.
> 
> @Wayne: I have a patch here for the formatting document to add some
> aliases to make it easier. It finally dawned on me that we already
> distribute aliases for the 'fixes' alias, so let's do it for the
> formatting too!

Looks good to me.

Wayne

> 
> [1]:
> http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/doxygen/md_Documentation_development_coding-style-policy.html
> 
> 
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