Improve the IDE experience

[rsmarples]

Reduce a lot of warnings and errors in VSCodium and CLion

No functional change intended

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📒 Files selected for processing (21)

• .clang-format
• .clangd
• .github/workflows/format.yml
• compat/arc4random_uniform.c
• src/arp.c
• src/auth.c
• src/control.c
• src/dhcp-common.c
• src/dhcp.c
• src/dhcp6.c
• src/dhcpcd.c
• src/if-linux.c
• src/if-options.c
• src/if-sun.c
• src/ipv4.c
• src/ipv4ll.c
• src/privsep.h
• src/route.c
• src/sa.c
• src/script.c
• tests/Makefile

🚧 Files skipped from review as they are similar to previous changes (13)

• src/if-options.c
• src/ipv4.c
• src/arp.c
• compat/arc4random_uniform.c
• src/if-sun.c
• src/dhcp-common.c
• src/dhcp.c
• src/ipv4ll.c
• src/route.c
• .clangd
• src/control.c
• src/sa.c
• src/dhcp6.c

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Walkthrough

The pull request updates recursive Make commands to use -C, adds clangd and clang-format rules, preserves selected config.h includes for IWYU, and applies minor source and repository cleanup.

Changes

Build and source maintenance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Recursive Make dispatch Makefile, src/Makefile, tests/Makefile, src/dev/Makefile	Subdirectory targets now invoke Make with -C. Target forwarding and failure handling remain in place. The source Makefile include path no longer contains a redundant slash.
Compiler and formatting tooling .clangd, .clang-format, .github/workflows/format.yml	clangd now supplies include paths for compatibility sources. clang-format prioritizes config.h. The format workflow uses Clang Format v21 and action v6.
Source include and hygiene updates compat/arc4random_uniform.c, src/*.c, src/privsep.h	Selected config.h includes use IWYU keep pragmas and appear before local headers. Unused headers were removed, <stdbool.h> was added, and minor source formatting and initialization updates were applied.
Repository ignore cleanup .gitignore	The IntelliJ IDEA project directory is ignored, while .vscode remains listed separately.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to a9ada

This change is limited to IDE diagnostics, formatting, and related build configuration cleanup, with no identified functional impact or actionable merge-blocking risk remaining after normal checks and review.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main goal of reducing IDE warnings and errors through build and formatting improvements.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly relates to the changes and states that they target VSCodium and CLion warnings without functional changes.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Inline comments:
In @.clangd:
- Around line 11-19: Update the compatibility PathMatch rules in the clangd
configuration to be mutually exclusive: use compat/[^/]+ for direct
compatibility files and compat/[^/]+/.* for nested files, while preserving their
existing CompileFlags additions.

In `@tests/Makefile`:
- Line 7: Update the loop command around the SUBDIRS iteration to pass the
current shell variable to ${MAKE} by using $$x instead of $xx, while preserving
the existing target forwarding and failure handling.

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📥 Commits

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📒 Files selected for processing (22)

• .clangd
• .gitignore
• Makefile
• compat/arc4random_uniform.c
• src/Makefile
• src/arp.c
• src/bpf.c
• src/common.c
• src/control.c
• src/dev/Makefile
• src/dhcp-common.c
• src/dhcp.c
• src/dhcp6.c
• src/if-bsd.c
• src/if-options.c
• src/if-sun.c
• src/ipv4.c
• src/ipv4ll.c
• src/logerr.c
• src/route.c
• src/sa.c
• tests/Makefile