bug#64280: Editorconfig and dir-locals in guix source tree contradict each other

bug#64280: Editorconfig and dir-locals in guix source tree contradict each other

[Jelle Licht]

Hi all,

I found my Emacs using a fill-column value of 85 while hacking on the
guix source tree.

Turns out it's an interaction between the emacs package
editorconfig-mode (which I use). Easy workaround: turn this mode off
when hacking on guix.

A contradiction between .dir-locals.el and the .editorconfig file in
guix exists:

 max_line_length of 85 in .editorconfig for most files in guix 
    vs
 fill-column of 78 in dir-locals.el for all files in guix

I don't know which of these values is supposed to be leading, or whether
they configure the exact same thing in all situations.

Cheers,
 Jelle

bug#64280: Editorconfig and dir-locals in guix source tree contradict each other

[Hilton Chain via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

Hi Jelle,

On Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:30:42 +0800,
Jelle Licht wrote:
> A contradiction between .dir-locals.el and the .editorconfig file in
> guix exists:
>
>  max_line_length of 85 in .editorconfig for most files in guix
>     vs
>  fill-column of 78 in dir-locals.el for all files in guix
>
> I don't know which of these values is supposed to be leading, or whether
> they configure the exact same thing in all situations.

I'm curious about this as well.  From the submission thread [1], it
seems to have been discussed on IRC, and I think it happened here [2].

Thanks

[1]: <https://yhetil.org/guix/20221011150653.24747-1-paren@disroot.org/T/#u>
[2]: <https://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix/2022-10-11.log#175548>