Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build >>> index 7fea4a34d6..578db26df2 100644 >>> --- a/meson.build >>> +++ b/meson.build >>> @@ -2144,6 +2144,18 @@ if headers_to_check.length() != 0 and compiler.get_argument_syntax() == 'gcc' >>> alias_target('check-headers', hdr_check) >>> endif >>> >>> +clang_format = find_program('clang-format', required: false) >> >> Should we be checking for `git-clang-format` instead? >> > > Yeah. While `git-clang-format` is packaged with `clang-format`, it does > make more sense to check for the former. Just for my education, what does find_program() look for? Installed packages, or a program on your $PATH? I am guessing that the answer is the latter, in which case it is not like "it makes more sense to check for git-clang-format"---rather it is "it would not work at all if we looked for clang-format", no? Thanks.