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Subject: Re: [PATCH] clang-format: Fix: Maximum line length is now 100
From:   Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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On Tue, 2020-08-18 at 17:24 +0100, Alex Dewar wrote:
> Since commit bdc48fa11e46 ("checkpatch/coding-style: deprecate 80-column
> warning") the kernel style is now for lines to be a maximum of 100 rather
> than 80 columns. Update .clang-format accordingly.
[]
> diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
[]
> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ BreakConstructorInitializersBeforeComma: false
>  #BreakConstructorInitializers: BeforeComma # Unknown to clang-format-4.0
>  BreakAfterJavaFieldAnnotations: false
>  BreakStringLiterals: false
> -ColumnLimit: 80
> +ColumnLimit: 100

No thank you.

100 is used for exceptional line length, not
for reformatting all lines up to 100 chars.

See the previous discussion about the same patch
submitted earlier in June:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200610125147.2782142-1-christian.brauner@ubuntu.com/