RFR: 8354919: Move HotSpot .editorconfig into the global .editorconfig

[Chen Liang]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:28:03 GMT, Julian Waters <jwaters at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The src/hotspot directory should ideally only be used for HotSpot source files, and we should avoid polluting it with an .editorconfig. A cleaner solution exists since we can just specify the desired code formatting for HotSpot as an override in the root .editorconfig

I think the original hotspot location may be fine - each subject area has its own styles. For example, in jdk.hotspot.agent, even c and java source files have indentation of 2 spaces, unlike those in java.base.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24714#issuecomment-2817392684