[Gluster-devel] Automatic clang-format for GitHub PRs

[Xavi Hernandez]

Hi all,

I'm wondering if enforcing clang-format for all patches is a good idea...

I've recently seen patches where clang-format is doing changes on parts of
the code that have not been touched by the patch. Given that all files were
already formatted by clang-format long ago, this shouldn't happen.

This means that as the clang-format version evolves, the formatting with
the same configuration is not the same. This introduces unnecessary noise
to the file history that I think it should be avoided.

Additionally, I've also seen some cases where some constructs are
reformatted in an uglier or less clear way. I think it's very hard to come
up with a set of rules that formats everything in the best possible way.

For all these reasons, I would say we shouldn't enforce clang-format to
accept a PR. I think it's a good test to run to catch some clear formatting
issues, but it shouldn't vote for patch acceptance.

What do you think ?

Regards,

Xavi
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