[PATCH 1/1] editorconfig: introduce .editorconfig

[Dzmitry Sankouski <dsankouski@gmail.com>]

Current process of sending patches includes running checkpatch.pl
script for each patch, and fixing found style problems.
Editorconfig may help to prevent some style related problems
(like spaces vs tab indentation) on the fly.
---
 .editorconfig | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 .gitignore    |  1 +
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .editorconfig

diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8a413fda1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+; This file is for unifying the coding style for different editors and IDEs.
+; Plugins are available for notepad++, emacs, vim, gedit,
+; textmate, visual studio, and more.
+;
+; See http://editorconfig.org for details.
+
+# Top-most EditorConfig file.
+root = true
+
+[{**.c, **.h}]
+indent_style = tab
+indent_size=8
+end_of_line = lf
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+[**Kconfig]
+indent_size=4
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a4d056edf..ed8ca226fe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #
 .*
 !.checkpatch.conf
+!.editorconfig
 *.a
 *.asn1.[ch]
 *.bin
-- 
2.30.2