Can you point clang-format to a .clang-format file that is in a sub-dir?

Asked Oct 04 '21 at 16:34

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We have lots of c++ code repos in our project and generally they are structured like this:

some_sw_repo/
    |
    |-- tools/ (sub-module, common to all projects)
          |
          |-- .clang-format

I run clang-format at the some_sw_repo/ folder level, but I can't see any way to tell clang-format that the .clang-format file is in the tools/ sub-folder. So currently I am copying the format file up and then running clang-format and then deleting it again (since I don't want the local copy - we want one copy for all projects).

This is ok, because I can add a make recipe to do this. However there is also a really handy vs-code addon: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xaver.clang-format

Which works really well... if the .clang-format file is in the top level.

Is there any way at all to tell clang-format that the .clang-format file is in a specific place?

My version of clang-format is v10.0.0

asked Oct 04 '21 at 16:34

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[doesn't look like there is an option to do that](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html) – Alan Birtles Oct 04 '21 at 16:46
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There's no way to do that currently afaik. The workaround you have seems reasonable enough. – cigien Oct 04 '21 at 16:55
oh shame - thanks both : ) – code_fodder Oct 05 '21 at 07:13

Can you point clang-format to a .clang-format file that is in a sub-dir?

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