On Thu, 14 Jul 2022, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

> How do I stop coccinelle from turning my "{ 0 };\n" into
> "{\n\t\t0\n\t};\n"?
>
> I haven't been able to find in the docs how to disable formatting on the
> "+"-side of a rule. I have a rule like:
>
> 	@@
> 	type T;
> 	identifier I;
> 	@@
> 	- T I;
> 	+ T I = { 0 };
> 	... when != \( I \| &I \)
> 	- memset(&I, 0, ...);
>
> Which produces the expected results as far as the patch is concerned:
>
> 	diff -u -p a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
> 	--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
> 	+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
> 	@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc, const cha
> 	 	struct ref_sorting *sorting;
> 	 	struct string_list sorting_options = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
> 	 	int maxcount = 0, icase = 0;
> 	-	struct ref_array array;
> 	+	struct ref_array array = {
> 	+		0
> 	+	};
> 	 	struct ref_filter filter;
> 	 	struct ref_format format = REF_FORMAT_INIT;
> 	 	struct strbuf output = STRBUF_INIT;
> 	@@ -52,7 +54,6 @@ int cmd_for_each_ref(int argc, const cha
> 	 		OPT_END(),
> 	 	};
>
> 	-	memset(&array, 0, sizeof(array));
> 	 	memset(&filter, 0, sizeof(filter));
>
> 	 	format.format = "%(objectname) %(objecttype)\t%(refname)";
>
> But I'd like for that to be e.g.:
>
> 	struct ref_array array = { 0 };
>
> Which is a common idiom both in this codebase (git) and elsewhere.
>
> Usually I can find an answer in one of the coccinelle.git's *.cocci
> files, the man page, or the grammar PDF, but in this case I've come up
> blank...

Try --smpl-spacing.  I'm not sure whether it affects newlines, though.

julia