The edk2 branch was created here: https://github.com/makubacki/edk2/tree/uncrustify_poc_2

We have a Project Mu fork with custom changes to the Uncrustify tool to help comply with EDK II formatting here: https://dev.azure.com/projectmu/_git/Uncrustify

The latest information about the status and how to experiment with the configuration file and the tool are in that fork: https://dev.azure.com/projectmu/Uncrustify/_wiki/wikis/Uncrustify.wiki/1/Project-Mu-(EDK-II)-Fork-Readme

That said, I have also finished a CI plugin to run Uncrustify that should be ready soon to initially deploy in Project Mu. Before doing so, I am trying to settle on an initial configuration file that less strictly but more reliably formats the code than in the examples in those branches. For example, remove heuristics that when run against the same set of code multiple times can produce different results. An example would be a rule that reformats code because it exceeds a specified column width on one run but on the next run that reformatted code triggers a different rule to further align the code and so on. At least initially, some rules might be tweaked in a more conservative approach that can be tightened in the future. Once this configuration file is ready, we will baseline Project Mu code as an example and turn on the plugin. The CI plugin runs Uncrustify against modified files and if there's any changes, indicating a formatting deviation, the diff chunks are saved in a log so they can be viewed as a build artifact.

I am making progress on the updated config file and I should be able to post a "uncrustify_poc_3" branch soon with the results.

Regarding indentation, Marvin is right that Uncrustify cannot support edk2 indentation style out-of-box. Some changes are made in that fork to handle the formatting. At this point, it can handle the indentation in the cases I've seen. Uncrustify does potentially give us the ability to massively deploy changes across the codebase in case a decision were made to change the style.

Thanks,
Michael

On 8/16/2021 3:39 PM, Marvin Häuser wrote:
Hey Rebecca,

I think even Uncrustify has issues with the EDK II indentation style. You might want to check the UEFI Talkbox Discord server, I had a brief chat with Michael about it there. I don't think realistically any tool supports EDK II's indentation style however, so I'd propose it is changed. This could be for new submissions only, or actually the entire codebase could be reformatted at once with a good tool setup. While this screws with git blame, the (to my understanding) decided on CRLF -> LF change does that anyway, so at least two evils could be dealt with in one go really.

Best regards,
Marvin

On 16/08/2021 21:34, Rebecca Cran wrote:

cc devel@ .

On 8/16/21 1:33 PM, Rebecca Cran wrote:

I noticed a message on Twitter about an idea of using Uncrustify for EDK2 instead of the ECC tool, and came across https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=devel@edk2.groups.io&q=subject:%22Re%5C%3A+%5C%5Bedk2%5C-devel%5C%5D+TianoCore+Community+Meeting+Minutes+%5C-+2%5C%2F4%22&o=newest&f=1 .

I was wondering if there's been any progress on it that I could check out?


Michael Kubacki: in that message, you said:

"I'm planning to put up a branch that we can use as a reference for a conversation around uncrustify in the next couple of weeks."


Did you end up creating that branch, and if so could you provide a link to it please?


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