From 014c959fee6dcf829177d2f4c43b2c5a655a2971 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:25:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Improve comment clarity in FindCompileCommands

Co-authored-by: w0rp <3518142+w0rp@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 autoload/ale/c.vim | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/autoload/ale/c.vim b/autoload/ale/c.vim
index 9ff7e697..11c2eb3d 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/c.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/c.vim
@@ -253,9 +253,10 @@ function! ale#c#FindCompileCommands(buffer) abort
             let l:json_file = l:c_build_dir . s:sep . 'compile_commands.json'
 
             if filereadable(l:json_file)
-                " Use the parent of the build dir for absolute
-                " paths, otherwise use the path found by searching
-                " upwards from the file.
+                " For absolute build dir paths, use the parent
+                " of the build dir as the project root. For
+                " relative paths, use the directory found by
+                " searching upwards from the file.
                 let l:root = ale#path#IsAbsolute(l:dirname)
                 \   ? fnamemodify(l:c_build_dir, ':h')
                 \   : l:path