On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 07:40:14PM -0500, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM James Almer <jamrial@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > would loooove a format defining script with a prehook that formats your
> > > patches before sending <3
> >
> > That can be done automatically as one of the many jobs CI runs once we
> > move to forgejo/gitlab. Same with every other check in patcheck.
> 
> In my opinion, developers generally want to clean up style issues
> prior to submission.  The problem with doing it in a CI job is that it
> will just tell you after the fact that your patch didn't meet the
> coding standards and you have to revise and resubmit.  The alternative
> is for the CI job to "fix" the patch to conform, which people
> generally don't want because what they submitted is different than
> what gets committed.
> 

> For what it's worth, with the Linux Kernel we solved this years ago
> with a "checkpatch.pl" which developers can run prior to committing.
> Thus I could quickly run checkpatch.pl, fix anything it complains
> about, and then run git commit and be confident that it conforms to
> the standard.  Personally I prefer this approach as it lets me fix the
> patches prior to submission, and the CI system isn't changing things
> without my knowledge.

we have tools/patcheck :)
I have the feeling we started forgeting about it

And I also think changing submissions in CI is problematic.

thx

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