NAME

       clang-format - manual page for clang-format 18

DESCRIPTION

       OVERVIEW: A tool to format C/C++/Java/JavaScript/JSON/Objective-C/Protobuf/C# code.

       If  no  arguments  are  specified,  it formats the code from standard input and writes the
       result to the standard output.  If <file>s are given, it reformats the  files.  If  -i  is
       specified  together  with <file>s, the files are edited in-place. Otherwise, the result is
       written to the standard output.

       USAGE: clang-format [options] [@<file>] [<file> ...]

       OPTIONS:

       Clang-format options:

       --Werror                       - If set, changes formatting warnings to errors

       --Wno-error=<value>            - If set don't error out on the specified warning type.

       =unknown
              -   If set, unknown format options are only warned about.

       This can be used to enable formatting, even if the
              configuration contains unknown (newer) options.  Use with caution,  as  this  might
              lead  to  dramatically  differing  format depending on an option being supported or
              not.

       --assume-filename=<string>     - Set filename used to determine the language and to find
              .clang-format file.  Only used when reading from stdin.  If this is not passed, the
              .clang-format  file  is  searched  relative  to  the current working directory when
              reading stdin.  Unrecognized filenames are treated as C++.  supported:

       CSharp: .cs
              Java: .java JavaScript: .mjs .js .ts Json: .json Objective-C: .m .mm Proto:  .proto
              .protodevel  TableGen:  .td TextProto: .textpb .pb.txt .textproto .asciipb Verilog:
              .sv .svh .v .vh

       --cursor=<uint>                - The position of the cursor when invoking
              clang-format from an editor integration

       --dry-run                      - If set, do not actually make the formatting changes

       --dump-config                  - Dump configuration options to stdout and exit.
              Can be used with -style option.

       --fallback-style=<string>      - The name of the predefined style used as a
              fallback in case clang-format is invoked with -style=file, but  can  not  find  the
              .clang-format  file  to  use. Defaults to 'LLVM'.  Use -fallback-style=none to skip
              formatting.

       --ferror-limit=<uint>          - Set the maximum number of clang-format errors to emit
              before stopping (0 = no limit).  Used only with --dry-run or -n

       --files=<filename>             - A file containing a list of files  to  process,  one  per
              line.

       -i                             - Inplace edit <file>s, if specified.

       --length=<uint>                - Format a range of this length (in bytes).
              Multiple  ranges  can be formatted by specifying several -offset and -length pairs.
              When only a single -offset is specified without -length, clang-format  will  format
              up to the end of the file.  Can only be used with one input file.

       --lines=<string>               - <start line>:<end line> - format a range of
              lines  (both  1-based).   Multiple  ranges  can  be formatted by specifying several
              -lines arguments.  Can't be used with -offset and -length.  Can only be  used  with
              one input file.

       -n                             - Alias for --dry-run

       --offset=<uint>                - Format a range starting at this byte offset.
              Multiple  ranges  can be formatted by specifying several -offset and -length pairs.
              Can only be used with one input file.

       --output-replacements-xml      - Output replacements as XML.

       --qualifier-alignment=<string> - If set, overrides the qualifier alignment style
              determined by the QualifierAlignment style flag

       --sort-includes                - If set, overrides the include sorting behavior
              determined by the SortIncludes style flag

       --style=<string>               - Set coding style. <string> can be:
              1. A preset: LLVM, GNU, Google, Chromium, Microsoft,

       Mozilla, WebKit.
              2. 'file' to load style configuration from a

       .clang-format file in one of the parent directories
              of the source file (for stdin, see --assume-filename).  If no .clang-format file is
              found, falls back to --fallback-style.  --style=file is the default.

       3. 'file:<format_file_path>' to explicitly specify
              the configuration file.

       4. "{key: value, ...}" to set specific parameters, e.g.:
              --style="{BasedOnStyle: llvm, IndentWidth: 8}"

       --verbose                      - If set, shows the list of processed files

       Generic Options:

       --help                         - Display available options (--help-hidden for more)

       --help-list                    - Display list of available options (--help-list-hidden for
              more)

       --version                      - Display the version of this program