Automating formatting for official D repos

Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole richard at cattermole.co.nz
Wed Jan 24 21:58:03 UTC 2024


On 25/01/2024 10:36 AM, kdevel wrote:
> On Monday, 22 January 2024 at 16:24:48 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew 
> Cattermole wrote:
>> [...]
>> With an automatic formatting tool, we can simply fix the code and move 
>> on with our lives. No nitpicking, no asking how do I fix this error, 
>> just ready to merge code!
> 
> What if a contributor thinks their whole code shall be exempt from 
> reformatting by putting
> 
>      // dfmt off
> 
> in the very first line of the translation unit?

We do the same thing we do today if someone disables style checks 
without a very good reason.

Push back and get them to turn it back on.


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