[incubation] Project Release Coding Style

[Christopher Brooks <cxh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Over on triquetrum-dev, we were discussing coding style.

My impression, which might be wrong, was that code to be released should 
follow the Eclipse coding style as defined in the preferences by Java -> 
Code Style -> Formatter -> "Eclipse [built-in]" and Java -> Code Style 
-> Clean up -> "Eclipse [build-in]"

I imagined that part of the Eclipse release process was to clean the 
code and reformat it with the Eclipse coding style.

I work in academia and we see software as a form of publication, so a 
consistent coding style as being very important.  OTOH, coding style can 
be a religious issue.  Personally, I don't care what the style is, as 
long as there is a tool that will do the cleanup.

Is there a guideline about coding style for Eclipse projects, or is each 
project able to choose there own?

I went through the Eclipse Development Process at 
https://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/development_process.php#6_3_Reviews 


and Development Resources/HOWTO/Release Reviews at 
https://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources/HOWTO/Release_Reviews

but did not see anything.

https://wiki.eclipse.org/Coding_Conventions has a little bit of 
information, such as 4 spaces for indents.  However, this page seems 
incomplete.

A second question is that if the code should be using the "Eclipse 
[built-in]" style, then has there been any thought to having Git at 
least reformat the code automatically?

_Christopher

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