Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:25:17 -0700 | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | | Subject | Re: [git-pull -tip] x86: include inverse Xmas tree patches |
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Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > Ordering include based on length of line minimize the > risk of merge conflicts. > If people just add new includes in the bottom of the list you > are certain that a merge conflit happens. > > This scheme is starting to be used in several places with the > primary advocates being David Miller and Ingo. > > It is getting used both for includes _and_ for local variables. >
Personally I'd prefer alphabetic order, sorting based on length isn't a complete ordering. Nearly all editors can sort alphabetically at the push of a key.
-hpa
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