godot/misc/hooks/README.md

Git hooks for Godot Engine

This folder contains Git hooks meant to be installed locally by Godot Engine contributors to make sure they comply with our requirements.

List of hooks

• Pre-commit hook for clang-format: Applies clang-format to the staged files before accepting a commit; blocks the commit and generates a patch if the style is not respected. You may need to edit the file if your clang-format binary is not in the PATH, or if you want to enable colored output with pygmentize.
• Pre-commit hook for black: Applies black to the staged Python files before accepting a commit.
• Pre-commit hook for make_rst: Checks the class reference syntax using make_rst.py.

Installation

Copy all the files from this folder into your .git/hooks folder, and make sure the hooks and helper scripts are executable.

Linux/macOS

The hooks rely on bash scripts and tools which should be in the system PATH, so they should work out of the box on Linux/macOS.

Windows

clang-format

• Download LLVM for Windows (version 13 or later) from https://releases.llvm.org/download.html
• Make sure LLVM is added to the PATH during installation

black

• Python installation: make sure Python is added to the PATH
• Install black - in any console: pip3 install black

Custom hooks

The pre-commit hook will run any other script in .git/hooks whose filename matches pre-commit-custom-*, after the Godot ones.