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AccessModifierOffset ( int ) The extra indent or outdent of access modifiers, e.g. public:.

AlignEscapedNewlinesLeft ( bool ) If true , aligns escaped newlines as far left as possible. Otherwise puts them into the right-most column. This does not necessarily mean flushing lings to the left but, rather, attempting to align the current line's left margin with the previous line's left margin. Example true false if (foo && // Some comment bar) { baz(); } void foo() { someFunction(); someOtherFunction(); } if (foo && // Some Comment bar) { baz(); } void foo() { someFunction(); someOtherFunction(); }

AllowAllParametersOfDeclarationOnNextLine ( bool ) Allow putting all parameters of a function declaration onto the next line even if BinPackParameters is false. Example true false someFunction(foo, bar, baz); someFunction(foo, bar, baz);

AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine ( bool ) If true , int f() { return 0; } can be put on a single line. Example true false int f() { return 0; } int f() { return 0; }

AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine ( bool ) If true , if (a) return; can be put on a single line. Example true false void foo() { if (!someVar) return; if (someOtherVar) return; if (doingSomething) { // Unrelated } } void foo() { if (!someVar) { return; } if (someOtherVar) { return; } if (doingSomething) { // Unrelated } }

AllowShortLoopsOnASingleLine ( bool ) If true , while (true) continue; can be put on a single line. Example true false void foo() { // Eat some cycles int i = 10000; while(i>0) i--; } void foo() { // Eat some cycles int i = 10000; while(i>0) { i--; } }

AlwaysBreakBeforeMultilineStrings ( bool ) If true , always break before multiline string literals.

AlwaysBreakTemplateDeclarations ( bool ) If true , always break after the template<…> of a template declaration.

BinPackParameters ( bool ) If false , a function call’s or function definition’s parameters will either all be on the same line or will have one line each.

BreakBeforeBinaryOperators ( bool ) If true , binary operators will be placed after line breaks. Example true false bool foo() { bool value = someVal + anotherVal + thirdVal == alternateValue * fooVar + barVar && anotherCondition > smallerCondition * powerMultiplier; if (someVal + anotherVal * thirdVal == finalVlaue) { // ... } if (someVal) { } else if (anotherVal && thirVal > smallerVal) { // ... } return foo::bar::baz == foo::bar::bop; } bool foo() { bool value = someVal + anotherVal + thirdVal == alternateValue * fooVar + barVar && anotherCondition > smallerCondition * powerMultiplier; if (someVal + anotherVal * thirdVal == finalVlaue) { // ... } if (someVal) { } else if (anotherVal && thirVal > smallerVal) { // ... } return foo::bar::baz == foo::bar::bop; }

BreakBeforeBraces ( BraceBreakingStyle ) The brace breaking style to use. Possible values: BS_Attach (in configuration: Attach) Always attach braces to surrounding context.

BS_Linux (in configuration: Linux) Like Attach, but break before braces on function, namespace and class definitions.

BS_Stroustrup (in configuration: Stroustrup) Like Attach, but break before function definitions.

BS_Allman (in configuration: Allman) Always break before braces.

BS_GNU (in configuration: GNU) Always break before braces and add an extra level of indentation to braces of control statements, not to those of class, function or other definitions.

BreakBeforeTernaryOperators ( bool ) If true, ternary operators will be placed after line breaks.

BreakConstructorInitializersBeforeComma ( bool ) Always break constructor initializers before commas and align the commas with the colon.

ColumnLimit ( unsigned ) The column limit. A column limit of 0 means that there is no column limit. In this case, clang-format will respect the input’s line breaking decisions within statements unless they contradict other rules. Example Maximum allowed columns: // This is a very, very long comment that should can trimmed at some point depending on the configuration of the ColumnLimit - (void)longMethodNameThatTakesAString:(NSString *)stringName aURL:(NSURL *)url andSomeDelegate(id<WeirdDelegate>)delegate { [super longMethodNameThatTakesAString:stringName aURL:url andSomeDelegate:delegate]; // Don't forget to call your parents! // ... }

ConstructorInitializerAllOnOneLineOrOnePerLine ( bool ) If the constructor initializers don’t fit on a line, put each initializer on its own line.

ConstructorInitializerIndentWidth ( unsigned ) The number of characters to use for indentation of constructor initializer lists.

ContinuationIndentWidth ( unsigned ) Indent width for line continuations.

Cpp11BracedListStyle ( bool ) If true, format braced lists as best suited for C++11 braced lists. Important differences: - No spaces inside the braced list. - No line break before the closing brace. - Indentation with the continuation indent, not with the block indent. Fundamentally, C++11 braced lists are formatted exactly like function calls would be formatted in their place. If the braced list follows a name (e.g. a type or variable name), clang-format formats as if the {} were the parentheses of a function call with that name. If there is no name, a zero-length name is assumed.

DerivePointerBinding ( bool ) If true, analyze the formatted file for the most common binding and use PointerBindsToType only as fallback.

ExperimentalAutoDetectBinPacking ( bool ) If true, clang-format detects whether function calls and definitions are formatted with one parameter per line. Each call can be bin-packed, one-per-line or inconclusive. If it is inconclusive, e.g. completely on one line, but a decision needs to be made, clang-format analyzes whether there are other bin-packed cases in the input file and act accordingly. NOTE: This is an experimental flag, that might go away or be renamed. Do not use this in config files, etc. Use at your own risk.

IndentCaseLabels ( bool ) Indent case labels one level from the switch statement. When false, use the same indentation level as for the switch statement. Switch statement body is always indented one level more than case labels.

IndentFunctionDeclarationAfterType ( bool ) If true, indent when breaking function declarations which are not also definitions after the type.

IndentWidth ( unsigned ) The number of columns to use for indentation.

Language ( LanguageKind ) Language, this format style is targeted at. Possible values: LK_None (in configuration: None) Do not use.

LK_Cpp (in configuration: Cpp) Should be used for C, C++, ObjectiveC, ObjectiveC++.

LK_JavaScript (in configuration: JavaScript) Should be used for JavaScript.

LK_Proto (in configuration: Proto) Should be used for Protocol Buffers (https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/).

MaxEmptyLinesToKeep ( unsigned ) The maximum number of consecutive empty lines to keep.

NamespaceIndentation ( NamespaceIndentationKind ) The indentation used for namespaces. Possible values: NI_None (in configuration: None) Don’t indent in namespaces.

NI_Inner (in configuration: Inner) Indent only in inner namespaces (nested in other namespaces).

NI_All (in configuration: All) Indent in all namespaces.

ObjCSpaceAfterProperty ( bool ) Add a space after @property in Objective-C, i.e. use @property (readonly) instead of @property(readonly).

ObjCSpaceBeforeProtocolList ( bool ) Add a space in front of an Objective-C protocol list, i.e. use Foo <Protocol> instead of Foo<Protocol>.

PenaltyBreakBeforeFirstCallParameter ( unsigned ) The penalty for breaking a function call after “call(”.

PenaltyBreakFirstLessLess ( unsigned ) The penalty for breaking before the first <<.

PenaltyBreakString ( unsigned ) The penalty for each line break introduced inside a string literal.

PenaltyExcessCharacter ( unsigned ) The penalty for each character outside of the column limit.

PenaltyReturnTypeOnItsOwnLine ( unsigned ) Penalty for putting the return type of a function onto its own line.

PointerBindsToType ( bool ) Set whether & and * bind to the type as opposed to the variable.

SpaceBeforeAssignmentOperators ( bool ) If false, spaces will be removed before assignment operators.

SpaceBeforeParens ( SpaceBeforeParensOptions ) Defines in which cases to put a space before opening parentheses. Possible values: SBPO_Never (in configuration: Never) Never put a space before opening parentheses.

SBPO_ControlStatements (in configuration: ControlStatements) Put a space before opening parentheses only after control statement keywords (for/if/while...).

SBPO_Always (in configuration: Always) Always put a space before opening parentheses, except when it’s prohibited by the syntax rules (in function-like macro definitions) or when determined by other style rules (after unary operators, opening parentheses, etc.)

SpaceInEmptyParentheses ( bool ) If true, spaces may be inserted into ‘()’.

SpacesInAngles ( bool ) If true, spaces will be inserted after ‘<’ and before ‘>’ in template argument lists

SpacesInCStyleCastParentheses ( bool ) If true, spaces may be inserted into C style casts.

SpacesInContainerLiterals ( bool ) If true, spaces are inserted inside container literals (e.g. ObjC and JavaScript array and dict literals).

SpacesInParentheses ( bool ) If true, spaces will be inserted after ‘(‘ and before ‘)’.

Standard ( LanguageStandard ) Format compatible with this standard, e.g. use A<A<int> > instead of A<A<int>> for LS_Cpp03. Possible values: LS_Cpp03 (in configuration: Cpp03) Use C++03-compatible syntax.

LS_Cpp11 (in configuration: Cpp11) Use features of C++11 (e.g. A<A<int>> instead of A<A<int> >).

LS_Auto (in configuration: Auto) Automatic detection based on the input.

TabWidth ( unsigned ) The number of columns used for tab stops.