Reformatting code

[Stefan (metze) Metzmacher]

Hi Volker,

> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 04:50:02PM +0200, Christian Ambach wrote:
>> The branch, master has been updated
>>        via  fb766cd s3-waf: fix a libcrypto configure check
>>        via  bca69bf s3:winbindd remove an unused variable
>>        via  410c4de s3:utils fix a compiler warning
>>        via  62825b0 s3:modules/vfs_afsacl fix a compiler warning
>>        via  4370dc1 s3:afs make path argument to afs_syscall const
>>        via  dcd10fa s3:modules/vfs_afsacl fix a compiler warning
>>        via  c5cbdc2 s3:modules/vfs_afsacl use stdbool types
> 
> Can somebody PLEASE explain to me what the point of these
> checkins is? What functional change makes False->false
> necessary except to just clutter the git blame?
> 
> I had thought pure reformatting is not wanted by our coding
> style as it also clutters git blame output. If that has
> changed recently, I do apologize for my misunderstanding and
> I would appreciate a pointer to the relevant discussion
> thread.

http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2011-June/078234.html

> If pure reformattings are now a wanted code change in Samba,
> we can certainly "improve" a LOT of code.

If someone currently works on a specific code part,
I think it's ok to do some cleanups before.

But this should be done in small steps.
We should not abuse this with bulk commits.

If "git blame -w file" finds a wrong commit,
you can use "git blame commit^ -- file" to find the correct one.
Instead of git blame I often use "git log -p --stat -- file", while
I search for a specific string in the called $PAGER.

metze

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