[Bug build/33508] New: [gdb/build] Rename .c files to .cc

[vries at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33508

            Bug ID: 33508
           Summary: [gdb/build] Rename .c files to .cc
           Product: gdb
           Version: HEAD
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: build
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: vries at gcc dot gnu.org
  Target Milestone: ---

[ I found the page of the c++ migration project (
https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/cxx-conversion ) but didn't find any mention of
renaming files. ]

On IRC it was noted that having c++ sources in a .c file causes problems in
some development environments that use the file extension to infer the language
and do language-appropriate stuff.

I wonder if there are negative side effects in using git after such a
transition.

Say I do git log gdb/gdb.cc, will it stop at the rename?  I googled this and
found that using "git log --follow" could help there, but reading about it it
seems limited to one file.  [ Also it doesn't work well on non-linear history,
but that's not a current concern for our codebase. ]

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