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