New Contributor

[Sandro Santilli]

Hi Andrew,

On Wed, Oct 08, 2025 at 09:58:13PM -0400, Andrew Koure wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm working on my first contribution to PostGIS. I picked up this issue
> from trac: #5889 (Include location in topology errors) – PostGIS
> <https://trac.osgeo.org/postgis/ticket/5889#no4>. And have a WIP pull
> request here: https://gitea.osgeo.org/postgis/postgis/pulls/273

Great work !

> Also I've been having some trouble getting the C formatter in VSCode/CLion
> to behave as every time the formatter runs it changes 90% of the file.I'm
> not sure if the formatters are ignoring the .clang-format file or not?

I don't know what is supposed to use .clang-format,
and the STYLE file doesn't know either.

I know we are using https://editorconfig.org/, hopefully your editor
is supported, check it out.

That STYLE file should probably be updated, but for now just try to
use the style you find in each file you touch (there could be very different styles)

> I'm somewhat new to C development so any tips would also be helpful,
> especially if there are some small but impactful issues that could be
> tackled.

I've commented in the PR, feel free to ask in a new thread on the list
if you need help that doesn't belong there.

Welcome aboard !

--strk; 

  Libre GIS consultant/developer 🎺
  https://strk.kbt.io/services.html
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