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## 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.
- Should work on Linux and macOS. 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 makerst: Checks the class reference syntax using `makerst.py`.
- Should work on Linux and macOS.
+- 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 `makerst`: Checks the class reference syntax using
+ `makerst.py`.
## Installation
-Copy all the files from this folder into your `.git/hooks` folder, and make sure
-the hooks and helper scripts are executable.
+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 8 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`