Where are clang-format and clang-format.py in Mac OS X with Xcode Command Line Tools installed?

Question

Seems like Apple doesn't ship clang-format with the Command Line Tools. Right now you have at least three options:

• Using Homebrew (That's the way to go)
• Using prebuild packages
• Build it yourself

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Homebrew

As user johnhaley81 pointed out, clang-format is now in homebrew:

clang-format is now on brew. brew install clang-format

Please consider upvoting his post if you find this answer useful.

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Prebuild packages

Pre-build bundles are available at llvm.org. For Mac OSX, you need to download the darwin package.

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Build instructions:

Here's an instruction on how to do this: http://nacho4d-nacho4d.blogspot.de/2013/11/clang-format.html

And here's another one: http://blog.hardcodes.de/articles/63/building-clang-format-and-friends-on-osx-mountain-lion

You can use brew now to install clang-format.

brew install clang-format

I know this is not a direct answer to the question but if you are just looking to format your code in Xcode. I just used this plug in.

https://github.com/travisjeffery/ClangFormat-Xcode

Specific versions of clang-format

As of november/2018, current clang-format formula on Homebrew points to version 8.0.0. Run clang-format --version to check yours.

If you need older versions of clang-format, consider following these steps:

Installing clang-format version 5 (5.0.2) with homebrew

Installing clang-format version 7 (7.0.0) with homebrew

In my case I installed clang-format with brew install and located here: /usr/local/bin/clang-format