The LineEnding setting in .clang-format has no effect within VS Code

[haferburg]

Environment

• OS and Version: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• VS Code Version: 1.89
• C/C++ Extension Version: v1.20.5

Bug Summary and Steps to Reproduce

Create a .cpp file with LF line endings.
Configure a .clang-format file with

LineEnding: CRLF

The format the document.

Expected: The line endings should have been converted to CRLF.

Actual: The line endings stay at LF.

Configuration and Logs

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Other Extensions

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Additional context

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[haferburg]

When I invoke clang-format with the same command-line plus -i to edit the file in place, it works as expected and the line endings are converted to CRLF. So this behavior is specific to how clang-format is integrated in VS Code.

[haferburg]

Please let me know if you need additional information.

[browntarik]

Thank you for letting us know about this issue, the current workaround would be to use VS Code's internal support for changing line endings.

1. There is a setting you can toggle to choose a specific line ending you want to use in future files
   

2. There is a command you can access in the editor status bar that will change all of the line endings in a file from LF to CRLF for any active file. You can find this icon in the bottom right of your editor:
   Icon
   
   Command