linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clang-format: add configuration file

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Date:   Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:00:37 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     rdunlap@...radead.org, apw@...onical.com, joe@...ches.com,
        corbet@....net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clang-format: add configuration file

On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:39:52 +0100 Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com> wrote:

> --- a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
> @@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ can never be transgressed.  If there is a good reason to go against the
>  style (a line which becomes far less readable if split to fit within the
>  80-column limit, for example), just do it.
>  
> +Note that you can use the clang-format tool to help you with these rules
> +and to quickly re-format parts of your code automatically. It is specially
> +useful for new files/code and to spot coding style mistakes. It is also
> +useful to sort #includes, to align variables or comments, to reflow text
> +and other similar tasks.

It would be rather helpful to tell people how to invoke clang-format. 
Is it just "clang-format foo.c" or what?