inconsistent versions of clang-format between platforms #9247
Description
Bug type: Language Service
Describe the bug
Context:
- Host OS: Latest mac os on x86
- Remote OS: SSH into remote device with ubuntu 18 on 64-bit ARM
- VS Code Version: 1.66.2 (Universal)
- C/C++ Extension Version: 1.9.8
The version of clang-format installed into the remote device is v10.0.0:
❯ ~/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-vscode.cpptools-1.9.8-linux-arm64/LLVM/bin/clang-format --version
clang-format version 10.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project d32170dbd5b0d54436537b6b75beaf44324e0c28)The version on the host is v13.0.0:
❯ ~/.vscode/extensions/ms-vscode.cpptools-1.9.8-darwin-x64/LLVM/bin/clang-format --version
clang-format version 13.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project d7b669b3a30345cfcdb2fde2af6f48aa4b94845d)My .clang-format file was created using v13. When run on the remote device it doesn't work and gives errors along the lines of Error reading ... Invalid argument.
Steps to reproduce
- On mac, generate a new config with
clang-format -style=Chromium -dump-config > .clang-format - Add to repo
- Check out repo on remote ARM device
- Connect to remote ARM device in VS Code
- Try to save and format a cpp file
Expected behavior
The version of clang-format should preferably always be 13+
Work-around
Regenerating the config using clang-format v10 and comparing with my existing .clang-format file allowed me to find all instances of newer arguments and options. I re-saved my config to be v10-compatible.