clang-format-git

 

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Node wrapper for git-clang-format Python script as a standalone native binary to allow execution without a Python dependency.

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Installation

This package already includes clang-format-node as a dependency, so there's no need to install it separately.

npm

# Global
$ npm install -g clang-format-git
# Local
$ npm install -D clang-format-git

pnpm

# Global
$ pnpm add -g clang-format-git
# Local
$ pnpm add -D clang-format-git

yarn

# Global
$ yarn global add clang-format-git
# Local
$ yarn add --dev clang-format-git

bun

# Global
$ bun add -g clang-format-git
# Local
$ bun add -d clang-format-git

CLI Commands

You can use the commands below to run git-clang-format.

NOTE

clang-format-git is an alias for git-clang-format and works in exactly the same way.

npx git-clang-format

npx clang-format-git

Node.js APIs

These APIs depends on the Node.js fs and path module and the file system, so you cannot use it in browsers.

• CommonJS

  const {
    gitClangFormatPath,
    clangFormatGitPath,
    getGitClangFormatPath,
    getClangFormatGitPath,
  } = require('clang-format-git');

• ES Modules

  import {
    gitClangFormatPath,
    clangFormatGitPath,
    getGitClangFormatPath,
    getClangFormatGitPath,
  } from 'clang-format-git';

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gitClangFormatPath

Type: string

The ABSOLUTE path to the git-clang-format executable binary based on the OS platform and architecture.

Alias and Version

• Alias: clangFormatGitPath. See clangFormatGitPath.
• Version: v1.2.0 Initial release.

---

clangFormatGitPath

Type: string

Alias for gitClangFormatPath.

Alias and Version

• Alias: gitClangFormatPath. See gitClangFormatPath.
• Version: v1.2.0 Initial release.

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getGitClangFormatPath

Type: function

Returns the ABSOLUTE path to the git-clang-format executable binary based on the OS platform and architecture.

The possible combinations are darwin-arm64, darwin-x64, linux-arm, linux-arm64, linux-ppc64, linux-s390x, linux-x64, win32-x64.

Throws an error if the executable is not found.

Parameters

• osPlatform (string): The current operating system platform. (e.g., darwin, linux, win32)
• architecture (string): The current system architecture. (e.g., arm, arm64, ppc64, s390x, x64)

Returns

• string: The absolute path to the git-clang-format executable binary.

Throws

• Error: Throws an error if the executable binary is not found for the specified OS platform and architecture.

Alias and Version

• Alias: getClangFormatGitPath. See getClangFormatGitPath.
• Version: v1.2.0 Initial release.

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getClangFormatGitPath

Type: function

Alias for getGitClangFormatPath.

Alias and Version

• Alias: getGitClangFormatPath. See getGitClangFormatPath.
• Version: v1.2.0 Initial release.