clang-format file in the screenshot above, here is a before and after representation of a code sample when Format Document is invoked on it:Ĭode before the Format Document operation This can be configured in Tools > Options. This is the same as having the file there with the -style switch set to one of these conventions. We also provide a way to enforce the built-in formatting conventions that ClangFormat ships with (LLVM, Google, Chromium, Mozilla, or WebKit) without requiring a separate ClangFormat file. We run the ClangFormat utility in the background to do the formatting, so you get all of ClangFormat’s features right away.

Any given code file will be styled by the ClangFormat file closest to it in the directory tree. You can use multiple ClangFormat files to apply different styling rules at different locations in your codebase, if desired, by placing files in different folders. ClangFormat, however, has a much larger variety of style options than EditorConfig, including some very C++ specific rules that can be set, and it is already used by C++ developers today. Note that Visual Studio also supports EditorConfig, which works in a similar way. It is easily shareable via source control, so you can enforce coding conventions across your whole development team. This file should be present in your source code directory tree, and applies formatting conventions to all code files at the same level or in any sub-folders.

ClangFormat is a utility that makes it easy to style and format your code based on a set of rules that can be configured in a. Specifically, we ship version 5.0 of the clang-format.exe. Visual Studio 2017 15.7 Preview 1 comes with built-in ClangFormat support for C++ developers.

⏱ Updated on Mato talk about which version of clang-format.exe we ship in the product.

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