Got it. Thanks for quick response.

On Tuesday 13 February 2024 at 14:04:03 UTC [email protected] wrote:

> Yes, this is a norm.  KiCad's code style is not 100% representable in 
> clang-format, and we also have a policy of not doing bulk-reformatting of 
> files.
>
> Make sure to configure your editor to not reformat lines that you didn't 
> edit, and you should be OK.
> Personally I turn off auto-reformatting, and only use the "manually 
> reformat selected block" function when I need it.
>
> -Jon
>
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 8:44 AM achary <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Few days ago I've cloned KiCcad source code and wanted to experiment with 
>> small improvements to the PDF plotting in pcbnew.
>>
>> After setting the development environment (Ubuntu 22.04, clang-format-14) 
>> I've discovered even a simple re-formating of an unmodified 
>> `pcbnew/dialogs/dialog_plot.cpp` with clang-format, using the project's 
>> `_clang-format` spec file leads to a massive diff. Line wraps, indenting, 
>> white spaces, alignments for comment etc. Pretty large, to be honest. Much 
>> above the small cosmetic preferences mentioned in the code style policy. Tu 
>> put it into perspective: git diff --stat for that single file alone 
>> reported 185 insertions, 197 deletions.
>>
>> So my question goes: Is my setup somehow non-conforming (like maybe 
>> clang-format-14 is perhaps too old or so), or is it the KiCad code base 
>> that in places like that does not adhere to what the `_clang-format` spec 
>> actually does define at present? Is this a norm?
>>
>> regards,
>> Adam
>>
>>
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