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From: "Shardul Natu via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Shnatu <snatu@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH] config.mak.dev: suppress C11 extension warning for Clang on Linux
Date: Thu, 07 May 2026 02:16:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.2291.git.git.1778120192298.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)

From: Shnatu <snatu@google.com>

When building Git with Clang on Linux with DEVELOPER=1, the build fails
because Clang treats C11 features used in glibc headers as extensions
and raises errors due to -std=gnu99, -pedantic, and -Werror.

Specifically, glibc's string.h uses _Generic (a C11 feature) in macros
like strchr. When these macros are expanded in Git's C files, Clang
warns about them being C11 extensions.

GCC does not exhibit this behavior because it suppresses pedantic
warnings for macros defined in system headers.

To fix this, add -Wno-c11-extensions to DEVELOPER_CFLAGS when using
Clang, but restrict it to Linux (uname_S == Linux). This suppresses
the warning for glibc headers while keeping the build strict on other
platforms (like macOS) to catch accidental C11 usage in Git's own code.

Signed-off-by: Shnatu <snatu@google.com>
---
    config.mak.dev: suppress C11 extension warning for Clang on Linux

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2291%2Fkiranani%2Fnext-2-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2291/kiranani/next-2-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2291

 config.mak.dev | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config.mak.dev b/config.mak.dev
index c8dcf78779..f1dcf4329a 100644
--- a/config.mak.dev
+++ b/config.mak.dev
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ endif
 # The bug was fixed in Apple clang 12.
 #
 ifneq ($(filter clang1,$(COMPILER_FEATURES)),)     # if we are using clang
+ifeq ($(uname_S),Linux)
+DEVELOPER_CFLAGS += -Wno-c11-extensions
+endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)                           # if we are on darwin
 ifeq ($(filter clang12,$(COMPILER_FEATURES)),)     # if version < 12
 DEVELOPER_CFLAGS += -Wno-missing-braces

base-commit: 4f69b47b940100b02630f745a52f9d9850f122b2
-- 
gitgitgadget

             reply	other threads:[~2026-05-07  2:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-07  2:16 Shardul Natu via GitGitGadget [this message]
2026-05-07 10:07 ` [PATCH] config.mak.dev: suppress C11 extension warning for Clang on Linux Pablo
2026-05-10 22:21   ` Junio C Hamano

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