* merge with origin 4fc7dbc38daa8346
* fixed whitespace diff
* added .gitignore
* added format warning flags to C_FLAGS
added typelimit check to C_FLAGS and CXX_CLAGS
* Revert "added format warning flags to C_FLAGS"
Apply to branch format_and_typelimt branch
This reverts commit bf7467e82e.
* check for format warnings to top level C_FLAGS
added typelimit warnings to top level C_FLAGS and CXX_FLAGS
beset effort attempt to remedy warnings
removed unused param names in hex_log baseclass methods due to multitude of unused-warnings