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-rw-r--r--.gitignore1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/coding-style.rst4
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diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..854773350cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+root = true
+
+[{*.{awk,c,dts,dtsi,dtso,h,mk,s,S},Kconfig,Makefile,Makefile.*}]
+charset = utf-8
+end_of_line = lf
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+indent_style = tab
+indent_size = 8
+
+[*.{json,py,rs}]
+charset = utf-8
+end_of_line = lf
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+
+# this must be below the general *.py to overwrite it
+[tools/{perf,power,rcu,testing/kunit}/**.py,]
+indent_style = tab
+indent_size = 8
+
+[*.yaml]
+charset = utf-8
+end_of_line = lf
+trim_trailing_whitespace = unset
+insert_final_newline = true
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 98274e1160d7..689a4fa3f547 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ modules.order
#
!.clang-format
!.cocciconfig
+!.editorconfig
!.get_maintainer.ignore
!.gitattributes
!.gitignore
diff --git a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
index 1f0d81f44e14..c2046dec0c2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/4.Coding.rst
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ for aligning variables/macros, for reflowing text and other similar tasks.
See the file :ref:`Documentation/process/clang-format.rst <clangformat>`
for more details.
+Some basic editor settings, such as indentation and line endings, will be
+set automatically if you are using an editor that is compatible with
+EditorConfig. See the official EditorConfig website for more information:
+https://editorconfig.org/
Abstraction layers
******************
diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
index 6db37a46d305..c48382c6b477 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -735,6 +735,10 @@ for aligning variables/macros, for reflowing text and other similar tasks.
See the file :ref:`Documentation/process/clang-format.rst <clangformat>`
for more details.
+Some basic editor settings, such as indentation and line endings, will be
+set automatically if you are using an editor that is compatible with
+EditorConfig. See the official EditorConfig website for more information:
+https://editorconfig.org/
10) Kconfig configuration files
-------------------------------