On Fri, 04 Jan 2019 08:32:38 -0800 Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Isn't it better if we collect such configuration files into a dedicated > > directory (where exactly?) instead of putting them in the top-level one? Then, > > the developer has to copy/link the configuration file into the top-level > > directory. > > I don't think so. The reason we have the checkpatch script and the > coding-style.rst document in the kernel tree is to promote coding style > uniformity. Placing the .dir-locals.el at the top level serves the same > purpose. Additionally, if the .dir-locals.el file is not at the top level > many kernel developers will overlook it. I think we have to be careful about silently configuring other developers' tools. We put checkpatch.pl in the kernel tree, but we don't add a git hook for everybody to run it. I'm totally in favor of adding this .el file to the documentation (or samples) directory and pointing users to it; I'm less thrilled about putting in a dotfile where emacs will just pick it up. jon
