VSCode and Clang-Format
Posted on August 2, 2023, 9:52 am By

When using clang-format as the code formatter in vscode you can create a ‘.clang-format’ file in the root of your project directory. This allows precise control over how code is formatted. Every program I know has specific ways they want their code formatted. Here is my clang-format file for my own reference:

BasedOnStyle: LLVM
IndentWidth: 4
TabWidth: 4
ColumnLimit: 0
SpaceAfterCStyleCast: false
UseTab: Never
AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: true
BreakBeforeBraces: Custom
BraceWrapping:
    AfterClass: false
    AfterCaseLabel: true
    AfterControlStatement: false
    AfterFunction: true
    AfterStruct: false
    AfterUnion: false
    BeforeElse: false
    BeforeWhile: false
AlignAfterOpenBracket: AlwaysBreak
InsertBraces: true
IndentCaseLabels: true

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