Is that in the chromium repo? How did you create your checkout?

I was in chromiumos/src/platform2/vm_tools/garcon  

It had been created by 'repo init' and a 'repo sync'

We don't know anything about chromiumos or repo. Someone in chromiumos land will need to look at this.

This is more suited to build team than toolchain.

`git cl` is a Chromium tool in depot_tools meant to run on Chromium checkouts only.  it isn't a Chromium OS tool.  whether Chromium peeps want to make it work in Chromium OS repo checkouts is up to them.  CrOS build team doesn't have interest in doing so.

basically, if you want to work on CrOS, don't use `git cl`.

Can the document please say that? 

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/master/development_basics.md says we should use the Chromium C++ style guide (https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/styleguide/c++/c++.md), and the Chromium C++ style guide links directly to https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/clang_format.md.

So there's a Chromium OS doc incorporating this by reference without any hints that it doesn't apply.

iby@ since you work on ChromeOS seems relevant that you should add a note and update the chromeos documentation readme so others don't fall into this problem you've identified.

lhchavez@, what's the correct equivalent for Chrome OS? 

There is none :( we only have the preupload check in https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/repohooks . but i think we should have an equivalent.

Alright, it sounds like the next action items might be:
 1. Update some documentation?
 2. File a separate feature request for desired feature for Chrome OS tooling and close this bug.

Does that sound right?

i'm looking into this space, so opened issue 888623 for `cros format` support

Excellent, thanks.

Setting defect without priority to Pri-2.