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feat: add --lines-changed-only to the clang-format hook - #327
--lines-changed-only for clang-format. The clang-format hook formats whole files, so in a code base that was never formatted a one-line change becomes a large diff. With the new option the hook formats only the lines that the commit or push changes:
The lines come from changed_lines(), the same code the clang-tidy hook uses. clang-format takes --lines for one file at a time, so the hook runs it once per file and skips files with no added lines.
The files are the existing files at the end of the arguments, because pre-commit passes only existing files. This also covers file types added with types_or, such as .proto, after a flag like --dry-run.
When the changed lines are unknown (for example pre-commit run --all-files on a clean tree), or args already has --lines, every line is formatted as before.
One behaviour change: the clang-format hook's option parser no longer accepts abbreviations. Otherwise argparse reads clang-format's own --lines=1:2 as a short form of --lines-changed-only and fails. An abbreviated hook option such as --verb is now passed to clang-format instead of being read as --verbose.
prek.testing/run.sh takes RUNNER=prek, and CI runs the integration tests once with prek. prek reads repo: . relative to the config file, so run.sh now runs a copy of each config from the repository root, and a run counts only when a hook reports Passed or Failed (before, a run that failed to install the hooks counted as the expected failure). The README says the hooks run with prek.
The README also documents the option, adds it to the comparison table, and no longer names a version in the sentence about the rev tag.
Tested: 365 tests pass with 100% coverage, including a test that runs the real clang-format in a git repository and checks that an unformatted line from an older commit stays as it is. testing/run.sh passes 5 of 5 with pre-commit and with prek 0.5.10.
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clang-format formats whole files by default. With --lines-changed-only the
hook passes the lines that the commit or push changes to clang-format's
--lines, one run per file, and falls back to whole files when the changed
lines are unknown.
The option parser no longer accepts abbreviations, so clang-format's own
--lines is not read as a short form of the new option.
The integration script takes RUNNER=prek, and CI runs it once with prek.
The pull request adds changed-line formatting support to clang-format, moves source-file argument splitting into a shared utility, and adds prek as a selectable runner for the test script and CI workflow.
A shared utility recognizes source-file suffixes and separates trailing source files from tool arguments. clang-tidy and its tests now use this utility.
The hook adds --lines-changed-only. It runs clang-format with per-file changed-line ranges when available, and retains the original command for unknown changed lines or explicit --lines arguments.
Changed-line behavior tests and documentation tests/test_clang_format.py, README.md
Tests cover changed-line command behavior, fallbacks, failure aggregation, and staged edits. The README describes the option and its comparison-table support.
The test script uses the runner selected by RUNNER, which defaults to pre-commit. The workflow runs the script with prek on Ubuntu and Python 3.13. The README mentions prek support and clarifies the rev setting.
cpp-linter/cpp-linter-hooks#303: Adds changed_lines() and its Git range detection and fallback behavior, which this pull request uses to select clang-format line ranges.
Merge Risk: Low · up to 589b6
The new changed-lines formatting mode can mishandle a custom-suffix source file that follows a boolean flag, causing clang-format to reject the command. The prek CI step can also pass without running hooks if setup fails. Both are limited in scope and are unlikely to cause serious problems.
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Minor · Check the cause of each expected failure. · run.sh:46
testing/run.sh:46 Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Check the cause of each expected failure.
If clean succeeds but prek run fails to load a config or install a hook, all five cases can pass without running hooks. This also affected pre-commit before this change.
Assert the expected file changes before restoring the file, or check the expected diagnostics. Add a passing hook case.
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Review comment at @testing/run.sh at line 46:
Update the failure-case checks around `prek run` so they verify the expected
hook-caused file changes or diagnostics before restoring files, rather than
relying only on the exit status. Add a passing hook case to confirm hooks load
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- Line 46: Update the failure-case checks around `prek run` so they verify the
expected hook-caused file changes or diagnostics before restoring files, rather
than relying only on the exit status. Add a passing hook case to confirm hooks
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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 100.00%. Comparing base (1f1ccf0) to head (e93752e). ⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on main.
About the red SonarCloud check: it reports two alerts on run_clang_format() (S8701 and S8705, "LLM-supplied CLI arguments"). Both point at the subprocess.run(command, ...) call that is already on main. This PR only moved that call into a loop, which makes SonarCloud count it as new code.
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The command is an argument list and no shell is involved.
The arguments are the ones the user wrote in their own .pre-commit-config.yaml. Passing them to clang-format is what the hook is for.
I see nothing to change in the code, so the two alerts need to be marked as false positives in SonarCloud, as on earlier pull requests in this repository. The other checks are not affected.
System calls cannot be simulated consistently and are left out of the measure. The reported value understates the real cost. Switch to the Walltime instrument to measure them.
No successful run was found on main (44c9756) during the generation of this report, so 1f1ccf0 was used instead as the comparison base. There might be some changes unrelated to this pull request in this report. ↩
With types_or extended to other file types, a first file such as
a.proto after --style=LLVM was read as the option's value, so
--lines-changed-only ran clang-format with two files and --lines,
which clang-format rejects.
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- Line 78: Update the option-parsing logic in split_source_files so it consumes
the following argument only for options that require a value, rather than for
every option without “=”. Keep boolean flags such as “-i” in the options list
without consuming the next source file, so changed-lines formatting receives a
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The previous fix still read a first file such as a.proto as the value of
a flag before it (--dry-run a.proto), so --lines-changed-only ran
clang-format with two files and --lines. pre-commit passes only existing
files, so the clang-format hook now takes the existing files at the end.
split_source_files goes back to clang_tidy.py, its only user.
prek reads "repo: ." relative to the config file, so every prek run
failed with "Failed to init hooks". run.sh counted that non-zero exit as
the expected hook failure, and all five prek tests passed without
running a hook. Each run now gets the repository's absolute path, and a
run counts only when a hook reports Passed or Failed.
On Windows the temporary config from mktemp is on C: and the checkout
on D:, so pre-commit failed to compute a relative path and no hook ran.
A copy of the config in the repository root works for pre-commit and
prek on every platform and needs no path rewriting.
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Summary
--lines-changed-onlyfor clang-format. The clang-format hook formats whole files, so in a code base that was never formatted a one-line change becomes a large diff. With the new option the hook formats only the lines that the commit or push changes:changed_lines(), the same code the clang-tidy hook uses. clang-format takes--linesfor one file at a time, so the hook runs it once per file and skips files with no added lines.types_or, such as.proto, after a flag like--dry-run.pre-commit run --all-fileson a clean tree), orargsalready has--lines, every line is formatted as before.One behaviour change: the clang-format hook's option parser no longer accepts abbreviations. Otherwise argparse reads clang-format's own
--lines=1:2as a short form of--lines-changed-onlyand fails. An abbreviated hook option such as--verbis now passed to clang-format instead of being read as--verbose.prek.
testing/run.shtakesRUNNER=prek, and CI runs the integration tests once with prek. prek readsrepo: .relative to the config file, sorun.shnow runs a copy of each config from the repository root, and a run counts only when a hook reports Passed or Failed (before, a run that failed to install the hooks counted as the expected failure). The README says the hooks run with prek.The README also documents the option, adds it to the comparison table, and no longer names a version in the sentence about the
revtag.Tested: 365 tests pass with 100% coverage, including a test that runs the real clang-format in a git repository and checks that an unformatted line from an older commit stays as it is.
testing/run.shpasses 5 of 5 with pre-commit and with prek 0.5.10.Related Issues
None.