On 2022-07-11 at 11:37:26, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> Formatting bitfield as "unsigned foo:1" is the usual style in this
> project, not "unsigned foo : 1", which clang-format will use by
> default.
> 
> Before & after this change running "make style-all-diff-apply" will
> yield:
> 
> 	582 files changed, 32029 insertions(+), 29794 deletions(-)
> 	579 files changed, 32065 insertions(+), 29818 deletions(-)
> 
> However this highlights a major limitation in this approach, because
> clang-format v12 or newer is required for this rule, but that version
> was only released in April 2021.

This isn't supported on Debian stable, which has clang 11.  I think we
should expect that to be a viable development target here, and I know
it's what some Git developers actually use.

I think for now we should drop this patch, and we can reconsider it in
the future.
-- 
brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA